President Joe Biden’s campaign launched a seven-figure ad buy on abortion in Arizona on Thursday, following the state Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions, CBS News. report.
Biden: “Because of Donald Trump, millions of women have lost their fundamental freedom to control their own bodies.” To tell In advertising. “And now women’s lives are at risk because of it. The question is, what freedoms will you lose next if Donald Trump returns to power? Your body and your decisions. is yours, not the government or Donald Trump’s. I will fight like hell to take back your freedom.”
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The ad is titled “Power Back” and will air this month during select TV shows, including: Abbott Elementary School, Survivor, Grey’s Anatomy, American Idol, The Voiceand SNL.
“The campaign specifically seeks to target young women and Latinos,” the report said.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) also responded to the ruling by launching a billboard campaign in English and Spanish throughout the Tempe and Phoenix metropolitan areas. The billboard reportedly accuses former President Donald Trump of enabling the ruling by appointing Supreme Court justices who ultimately overturned it. Roe vs. Wadewhich guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion for 50 years.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media after touring a family planning system in St. Paul, Minnesota, March 14, 2024. (Glenn Stubb/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Vice President Kamala Harris, who the Biden re-election campaign has named as the woman to promote abortion, is scheduled to attend a “reproductive freedom” event in Tucson on Friday in response to the ruling.
Harris is back in Arizona after appearing in Phoenix in early March as part of a national pro-abortion tour in the run-up to the November presidential election. During the tour, Harris criticized Arizona’s 15-week abortion limit passed in 2022 and called pro-life advocates “extremists.”
Like President Joe Biden’s campaign, Democrats are betting heavily on abortion as a theme to drive turnout, using the issue to paint Republicans as “radical” and a threat to women. Part of Biden’s strategy was to hold Trump responsible for ending the war. egg, He was thus bound by abortion regulations passed in more than a dozen states after the war. Dobbs decision.
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The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday came after President Trump made it clear that the abortion issue should ultimately be decided by each state.playing cards Said Speaking to reporters Wednesday, he said he believes the 1864 law goes too far.
“It’s all about states’ rights, and that will be corrected,” Trump said. “I’m confident that the governor and everyone else will put this issue back on track, and I think it will be resolved soon.”
Some prominent Republicans in Arizona, including Senate candidates, have significantly distanced themselves from the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling. Lake Kali And a former governor. Doug Ducey. Republicans in other states have so far blocked efforts to repeal the law.
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The 1864 law bans all abortions except to save the mother’s life and imposes prison sentences of two to five years for those who perform abortions. The judges heard arguments in the case, Arizona Planned Parenthood v. Mays/Haysarigasked in December and asked to answer whether Arizona’s 15-week abortion limit, passed in March 2022, overrides the old law.
The court did not rule on the constitutionality of the 1864 law, but did issue a 4-2 decision. decision There was one denial on Tuesday, finding the 1864 law to be “enforceable” beyond the new 15-week limit.
“We will consider whether the Arizona Legislature will be abolished or limited. [the old law] “By enacting a law that prohibits physicians from performing elective abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy,” Justice John Lopez wrote for the majority opinion. “This case involves legal interpretation and is not based on the justices’ moral or public policy views on abortion. There will be no respite. [the old law’s] Constitutionality is not before us. ”
Pro-abortion demonstrators during a Women’s March rally in Phoenix, Arizona, January 20, 2024. (Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Because there is no right to abortion enshrined in the federal constitution, [the fifteen-week limit] It does not independently sanction abortion, and there are no federal or state laws prohibiting abortion. [the 1864 law’s] Surgery. Accordingly, [the 1864 law] Now it’s enforceable,” Lopez continued.
The Arizona Supreme Court ultimately upheld the lower court’s decision to vacate the injunction against the near-total ban, but did not require full enforcement of the law to allow the parties to decide how to pursue further action. It was held for 14 days. The state high court also remanded the case to the trial court for possible consideration of remaining constitutional issues.
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The state Supreme Court’s decision comes as pro-abortion activists are working on an amendment that would create a constitutional right to abortion in Arizona.
Access to abortion in Arizona — union The ACLU of Arizona, Reproductive Health Affirming, Arizona List, Healthcare Rising Arizona, NARAL Arizona, and Arizona Family Planning Advocates last week delivered far more than the 383,923 letters needed for the proposal. They announced that they had collected over 500,000 signatures. Amendment to qualify for November ballot. If the abortion bill passes on the November ballot, it would require a simple majority for passage.
Arizona is one of about a dozen states where pro-abortion activists are active. work Codifying the right to kill the unborn child.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
