Arizona Attorney General Says She Won’t Enforce State Supreme Court Ruling Banning Abortion
Arizona Democratic Attorney General Christine Mays announced Tuesday that she will not enforce a state Supreme Court ruling that upheld an 1864 law banning most abortions. On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court control it’s the law criminalize Abortion can be forced unless necessary to save the mother’s life, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. […]
What to know about Arizona’s 1864 abortion law
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that made abortion a felony. What does that mean? The 4-2 ruling rejected arguments for a 15-week abortion ban, making the practice almost completely illegal in the state. The Civil War-era law was passed decades before Arizona became a state in 1912. The court lifted […]
Kamala Harris to visit Arizona after abortion ban ruling
Shortly after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban on Tuesday, the White House announced that Vice President Harris would visit Arizona on Friday “to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedom.” The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision upheld an 1864 law that made abortion a felony, with a narrow exception to […]
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Abortion Law Banning Nearly All Abortions
Abortion rights protesters chant during a pro-choice rally at the Tucson Federal Courthouse on Monday, July 4, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP) (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP) (AFP via Getty Images) OAN’s Chloe Hawkswell12:10pm – Tuesday, April 9, 2024 The Arizona Supreme Court has decided to uphold nearly all abortion bans in the […]
Lake, Gallego say they oppose Arizona abortion decision
Both Arizona Senate candidates announced their opposition Tuesday to a state Supreme Court ruling that upheld one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. The court’s decision enforced an 1864 law that prohibited access to abortion in all cases except to save the mother’s life. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Republican candidate Kari Lake each said […]
‘Handing Democrats Their Dream’: Trump Unloads On Lindsey Graham After He Says Abortion Isn’t A States’ Rights Issue
Former President Donald Trump accused Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina of helping Democrats by criticizing his stance on abortion. Trump said on Monday that states should make their own abortion laws, but Graham asserted he “respectfully disagree[s] with President Trump’s statement that abortion is a states’ rights issue.” The former president claimed in a Truth […]
Arizona Supreme Court upholds near-total abortion ban
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that abortion is illegal in nearly all circumstances, returning the state to a 160-year-old pre-state law that criminalized abortion. The law also provides that “any person who furnishes, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman any medicine, drug or substance, or uses or uses any instrument or other […]
Schumer: ‘American people will see right through’ Trump’s abortion stance
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) said in a floor speech On Tuesday, a day after former President Trump said abortion laws should be left up to each state, he said the American people would “see right through” his stance on abortion. “The Republican Party and Donald Trump can try to hide their anti-abortion […]
Arizona Supreme Court upholds Civil War-era abortion ban
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Civil War-era law that nearly completely bans all abortions in the state. The decision could play a major factor in the 2024 election, in which voters will likely weigh whether abortion rights should be added to the state’s constitution. Upholding the 160-year old law, passed before Arizona’s […]
Whoopi Goldberg Invokes Ten Commandments As Reason Abortion Should Be Allowed
“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg invoked the Ten Commandments Monday as a justifiable reason for abortion to be legal. The co-hosts raged at former President Donald Trump for upholding his previous viewpoint that abortion legislation should remain a states’ issue. This became legal precedent following the Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, […]