Republican lawmakers and candidates for Congress are scrambling to create distance between themselves and an Arizona Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upholding a near-total ban on abortion in the state.Why it matters: It's part of the difficult political balancing act Republicans have had to perform since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
Just on Monday, former President Trump put vulnerable House Republicans at ease by stopping short of endorsing a nationwide abortion ban.
Driving the news: The Arizona court, which is composed entirely of Republican-appointed justices, ruled 4-2 that an 1864 law making it a felony to perform an abortion supersedes the 15-week ban state legislators passed in 2022.
The 19th-century law provides exceptions only to save the life of the mother.
What they're saying: Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), who represents a seat President Biden won in 2020, called the ruling a "disaster for women and providers" in a statement posted to social media.
Ciscomani said the 15-week ban "protected the rights of women and new life," but the territorial law is "archaic."Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), another Biden-district Republican, said the issue "should be decided by Arizonans, not legislated from the bench," urging the state legislature to "address this issue immediately."Kelly Cooper, a Republican running to challenge Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.), called for the state legislature to "begin work immediately on reinstating" the 15-week ban.
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Former President Trump says Arizona’s Supreme Court went too far in ruling the state’s 160-year-old near-total abortion ban can be enforced.
Trump predicted that Arizona’s governor will “bring it back into reason.”
This is why I hate the Republican Party so much ... these spineless neocon scumbags who think protecting children from murder is a "disaster" are unworthy of the name "republican" – which means advocate of free government and liberty.
@9LG9M4T4wks4W
Abortions should not be allowed to banned. They are apart of healthcare.
@CaribouRalphDemocrat4wks4W
Feeling trapped in a dystopian state as George Orwell predicted in “1984” bordering on totalitarianism.
Republicans don’t represent “we the people.” Republican Judges make partisan rulings. Trump has an unmovable cult following.
Pray our votes matter in November
@ImportedLlamaDemocrat4wks4W
lol it’s the same law republicans want to pass at the federal level, and will, the second they are given the opportunity. It’s the same law every red state has tried to pass since Dobbs. Dear leader himself campaigned on putting women in jail for getting abortions in 2016!
@D3b4t3BuckUnity4wks4W
It's essentially the same law Idaho passed last year. Why is it a disaster in Arizona but not there?
@R3ferendumBillyDemocrat4wks4W
Any limit on abortion is archaic and a disaster for women. We're being treated as less than people. It's absolutely outrageous that our country has taken steps back into the 1800s
Republicans just lie. As always, you have to watch what they DO, not what they say.
Most of the SCOTUS justices said that Roe was settled law when they were being confirmed, but what did they DO?
@SolemnPloverVeteran4wks4W
Yeah, we can figure out the left is probably behind the ruling as a Dem GOTV gimmick. This isn’t our first rodeo with corrupt American politics
@AnteaterEmilyRepublican4wks4W
Fun fact: Political polling from Pew Research shows only radical activists care about abortion as a top election issue
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Should the decision on abortion laws be a matter for states to decide individually, or should there be a national standard?
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