{"id":1030617,"date":"2024-04-09T19:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030617"},"modified":"2024-04-09T19:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:08:24","slug":"dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-statement-on-arizona-supreme-court-upholding-extreme-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-statement-on-arizona-supreme-court-upholding-extreme-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chair Jaime Harrison Statement on Arizona Supreme Court Upholding Extreme Abortion Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to the Arizona Supreme Court\u2019s ruling,&nbsp;<strong>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cToday, MAGA Republicans rolled the clock back 160 years on women\u2019s rights. The Arizona Supreme Court\u2019s decision to uphold an archaic and dangerous abortion ban from 1864 with no exceptions for health, rape, or incest rests squarely on Donald Trump\u2019s shoulders. Trump said so himself \u2013 he is proud that he overturned&nbsp;<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>&nbsp;and fully supports every draconian abortion ban that his extreme MAGA allies can push through in states across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWomen\u2019s lives are at risk. Doctors are under threat of prosecution and jail time. Trump is responsible \u2013 period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis shouldn\u2019t be happening in America, but Trump and his allies are hellbent on inserting themselves into the most personal decisions women can make, even including contraception and IVF. This ban is beyond cruel, and things will only get worse if Trump gets another term. Trump has called for \u2018punishment\u2019 for women who have an abortion, and his MAGA allies are already pushing a plan that would allow Trump to rip away access to reproductive care in all 50 states with or without Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe stakes are clear: Reproductive freedom is on the ballot in November, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the only candidates who will fight to codify&nbsp;<em>Roe<\/em>&nbsp;and stand up for women\u2019s right to make their own health care decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the Arizona Supreme Court\u2019s ruling,&nbsp;DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cToday, MAGA Republicans rolled the clock back 160 years on women\u2019s rights. The Arizona Supreme Court\u2019s decision to uphold an archaic and dangerous abortion ban from 1864 with no exceptions for health, rape, or incest rests squarely on Donald Trump\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison Statement on Arizona Supreme Court Upholding Extreme Abortion Ban - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-statement-on-arizona-supreme-court-upholding-extreme-abortion-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T19:08:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-statement-on-arizona-supreme-court-upholding-extreme-abortion-ban\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-statement-on-arizona-supreme-court-upholding-extreme-abortion-ban\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Chair Jaime Harrison Statement on Arizona Supreme Court Upholding Extreme Abortion Ban - 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