The Biden campaign launched a new ad targeting Arizona voters on Thursday after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that made abortion a felony earlier this week.
The ad features President Biden speaking directly to voters about the risks former President Trump poses to millions of women’s access to abortion.
“The question is, what freedoms will we lose next if Donald Trump returns to power?” Biden says in the 30-second ad.
“Your body and your decisions are yours, not the government’s or Donald Trump’s,” Biden said. “I will fight tooth and nail to regain your freedom.”
The Biden campaign has invested more than $1 million in an advertising blitz in the Copper State, including a Texan who was refused treatment despite risking his life and had to travel out of state. It will also include a testimonial ad featuring state woman Amanda Zulawski. Infection after miscarriage.
According to the campaign, the Arizona ad campaign will target young, female and Latino voters in the state throughout April, with spots appearing on Abbott Elementary, Survivor, Grey’s Anatomy, American Idol and The・It will be broadcast on prime time programs such as The Voice and Saturday. night live.
“This week, women across Arizona are watching in horror as the 1864 abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest, and women’s health will soon become Arizona law. This nightmare is caused by Donald Trump. -This was only possible because of Trump.” Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement..
Vice President Harris is scheduled to travel to Arizona on Friday for a rally focused on reproductive rights.
Earlier this week, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected an argument that the current 15-week abortion ban signed into law in 2022 by then-Arizona governor should be upheld. Doug Ducey (R), enacted after Roe v. Wade.
Instead, the court ruled that Arizona should enforce a Civil War-era law enacted before it became a state. The court ruled to lift the suspension of the law, meaning it will take effect within 14 days.
But the justices also sent the case back to a lower court to sort out questions about the law’s constitutionality.
The century-old law makes abortion a felony, punishable by two to five years in prison if a woman performs or facilitates one. This includes a very narrow exception “if necessary” to save the life of a pregnant person.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (Democratic) called for this. Prohibition of 1864 is repealedand the state’s Democratic attorney general said he would not enforce the abortion ban.
Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, told reporters Wednesday that he believes Arizona’s law goes too far and hopes it will be “corrected.”
But the former president this week reiterated that abortion policy decisions should be left to individual states, rejecting calls for a nationwide ban. He has frequently expressed his pride in appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, directly linking President Trump to state-level bans that Democrats enacted after Roe. I urge you to do so.
“For 52 years, people have wanted Roe v. Wade to end and return to the states. We did it,” President Trump said Wednesday. “It was an incredible thing, an incredible accomplishment. We did it.”
“Now each state has it, and each state puts out what they want,” he continued. “It’s the will of the people.”
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