{"id":1030639,"date":"2024-04-10T18:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030639"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:24:15","slug":"arizona-republicans-cant-run-from-trumps-extreme-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/arizona-republicans-cant-run-from-trumps-extreme-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Republicans Can\u2019t Run From Trump\u2019s Extreme Abortion Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following the Arizona Supreme Court ruling<\/a> to uphold a cruel 1864 abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother made possible by Donald Trump overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>, Arizona Republicans are trying to spin their support for Trump\u2019s extreme ban \u2013 but we have the receipts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump created this new nightmare for Arizona women, and Arizona Republicans can\u2019t escape their record standing ten toes behind him,\u201d <\/em>said DNC Regional Press Secretary Cameron Niven<\/em><\/strong>. \u201cTrump and Arizona\u2019s extreme Republicans have cheered on as women\u2019s fundamental rights have been ripped away from them after Trump proudly killed Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and now, they own yesterday\u2019s Arizona Supreme Court decision. Arizona voters know that freedom is on the ballot this November and that President Biden and Democrats are the only people fighting for their right to choose.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and MAGA Republicans have already endorsed Arizona\u2019s cruel 160 year old abortion ban, and they have records to prove it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cGOP suffers desert meltdown on abortion\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA day after former President Trump thought he’d tamped down the GOP’s exposure on abortion, it popped back up in the key 2024 battleground of Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy it matters: Trump ushered in the end of Roe vs. Wade and its national protection of abortion rights, and now his party is suffering a massive voter backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbortion rights have yet to lose since the end of Roe when the decision has been up to voters instead of legislators or courts. The big picture: Despite the backlash, state-level Republicans have responded to the end of Roe by pushing extremely strict restrictions on abortion, including many that effectively outlaw the practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Arizona Supreme Court, controlled by GOP-appointed justices, upheld today a 1864 law that allowed abortion only to save the life of the mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetween the lines: The state court ruling creates a stark contrast in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans have ushered in a near-total ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDemocrats are pushing a state constitutional amendment for the ballot to protect abortion rights up to 24 weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cKari Lake, the leading Republican candidate for Senate in Arizona, was quick to denounce the state Supreme Court\u2019s ruling upholding an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions in the state. The law is \u2018out of step with Arizonans,\u2019 she said in a statement. She called on state lawmakers to \u2018come up\u2019 with a \u2018solution that Arizonans can support.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut Ms. Lake, an ally of former President Donald J. Trump and a 2020 election denier, had voiced enthusiastic support for the law less than two years ago, when she was in the midst of a scorched-earth campaign for the Republican nomination for governor. Asked then what she thought of the ban, she said she was thrilled it existed and called a \u2018great law<\/strong>.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copper Courier<\/a>: \u201cArizona lawmakers with an extensive history of opposition to abortion-related healthcare spent Tuesday deriding the state\u2019s newly reinstated, total abortion ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut those who passed the 15-week ban made clear the eventual goal was to ban abortion services entirely. Three months after Republicans passed the 15-week ban, Queen Creek Sen. Jake Hoffman prepared to introduce a new bill to ban abortion entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen conflict arose surrounding the bill\u2014Republican House Majority Leader Ben Toma wouldn\u2019t bring the bill to a vote over worries its introduction could signal that the 1864 ban was no longer legally sound\u2014the two nearly got into a physical altercation to prove who was the most anti-abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I\u2019m more pro-life than you will ever be!\u2019 Toma shouted on the House floor. \u2018I\u2019ve done more to help life than you ever will.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToma, who later explained that all Republican legislators support a total ban but need to be more strategic about implementing one, has now toned down his support considerably, while still not taking a total ban off the table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the Arizona Supreme Court ruling to uphold a cruel 1864 abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother made possible by Donald Trump overturning Roe v. 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