Kari Lake said in an interview that "unfortunately," Arizona's near-total abortion ban dating from 1864 is not being enforced, flipping back on comments she made against the law earlier this month.
The ad war is heating up in the Arizona Senate race, with both sides launching digital attacks this week foreshadowing the battleground campaign to come.
Arizona lawmakers kicked off a legislative session amid mounting pressure on Republicans to repeal a near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the state’s Supreme Court.
Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering pushing ballot measures in response to the state Supreme Court ruling upholding a strict abortion ban.
PHOENIX — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego argued this week that a potential repeal of Arizona’s 1864 abortion law is not a viable long-term solution to secure abortion rights for the women of Arizona.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday went after former President Donald Trump in a visit to Arizona highlighting reproductive rights just days after the state's Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable.
Republican Senate hopeful Kari Lake took criticism from both flanks of the abortion debate during a visit to the University of Arizona Thursday evening.
The Senate GOP candidate has been lobbying state lawmakers behind the scenes, according to a Republican legislator who said they received a call from her.
Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling upholding a 160-year-old, near-total ban on abortion cemented the state's place at the center of politics in 2024.