Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit Arizona on Friday afternoon and tell a dark story about President Trump’s chances for a second term.
Harris will hold a campaign event in Tuscon just days after the state Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that criminalized abortion, with exceptions for rape and incest. In prepared remarks, Harris accused former President Trump of enabling that decision in 2022 by appointing U.S. Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and ended federal protections for abortion. .
“Here in Arizona, we have turned back the clock on women’s rights and liberties for more than a century. Roe’s overturn was a seismic event, and this ban in Arizona is the largest ever. “It’s one of the aftershocks,” Harris said. Excerpt released by the Biden campaign.
She will call President Trump “the architect of this health care crisis” and argue that a second term for Trump will mean “more bans, more suffering, less freedom.”
Arizona governor slams Republican hypocrisy after Arizona Supreme Court upholds abortion ban
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on Friday, February 2, 2024. Harris campaigned in Arizona on Friday and spoke out against former President Trump’s anti-abortion laws. We plan to declare responsibility for (AP Photo/Meg Kinard)
“And like the harm he has already caused, Trump’s second term will be even worse. If Donald Trump had the chance, he would sign a nationwide abortion ban. How do we know? Look at his record. Congress tried to pass legislation. In 2017, a national abortion ban was enacted, and then-President Trump supported it.”
of arizona supreme court In a 4-2 decision Tuesday, the 1864 law, enacted when Arizona was a territory and codified in 1913 when it became a state, will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade in 2022. After the case was thrown out, he said it was “currently enforceable.”
Arizona Supreme Court upholds near-total abortion ban
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs gives a short speech prior to President Joe Biden’s remarks at the Tempe Center for the Arts on September 28, 2023 in Tempe, Arizona. Hobbs called on the state Legislature to overturn an 1864 law that banned nearly all abortions. This law became enforceable with the reversal of Roe v. Wade. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
The state court rejected arguments that a 15-week abortion ban passed in 2022 should take effect instead, arguing that more recent laws “create no right to abolish or limit abortion or create a stand-alone law.” It does not confer any legal authority.” Act of 1913.
The Civil War-era law states, “A person who, with intent, furnishes, delivers, or administers to a pregnant woman any drug, narcotic, or substance, causes such woman to ingest it, or uses any instrument or other means to do so.” It is a serious offense for those who use the “thereby causing a miscarriage unless it is necessary to save the life of such a woman,” which could result in a prison sentence of two to five years.
President Trump says Arizona’s pro-life law is a U-turn on the Biden campaign’s advocacy policy and says it has gone ‘too far’
Protesters march around the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on Friday, June 24, 2022, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) has called on the state Legislature to quickly repeal the law, and the state’s Democratic attorney general has said he has no intention of enforcing the abortion ban.
Harris’ prepared remarks reflect Democrats’ 2024 strategy to fully address abortion in the wake of Roe’s demise.
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The Biden campaign this week announced a seven-figure ad buy targeting Arizona voters, focusing on abortion rights. A new ad called “Power Back” will air on television stations in Arizona and will hold President Trump responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade and moving forward with Arizona’s abortion ban.
Fox News Digital’s Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
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