This morning, some Republicans appear to be distancing themselves from
a ruling by Arizona Supreme Court,
which yesterday ruled Arizona must adhere to a law dating
back to 1864,
before Arizona was a state.
The law bans abortion from the moment of conception,
except when it's necessary to save the mother's life.
Arizona Congressman Juan Siskamani, a Republican who previously voted to
restrict access to abortion,
called the ruling a disaster for women and providers.
And Kerry Lake, a Trump ally running for Senate in
Arizona,
said the ruling is out of step with Arizonans,
a shift from two years ago when she praised a
near total ban.
The law would make abortion punishable by up to five
years in prison for anyone who performs the procedure or
helps a woman get one.
Total Civil War era ban that continues to hangover our
heads only serves to create more chaos for women and
doctors in our state.
President Biden called the ruling extreme and dangerous.
The court in its ruling yesterday delayed enforcement to allow
for any legal challenges in the lower courts,
the issue now threatening to be front and center in
the presidential campaign.
Former President Trump, who narrowly lost Arizona in 2020,
said earlier this week that the issue of abortion should
be left up to the states.
And whatever they decide must be the law of the
land,
in this case, the law of the state.
As President Trump reshaped the Supreme Court,
which overturned Roe V Wade,
allowing states to enforce their own abortion laws.
When the president's predecessor handicapped 3 Supreme Court justices to
overturn Roe V Wade,
it paved the way for the chaos and confusion we're
seeing play out across the country today.
Well, let me first refer to the chaos that she
just did.
Chaos was 50 years of marching left,
right, left, right. The ability of the voices and the
will of the people was never allowed to make its
way into the law.
Well, after 50 years, it's going to take a little
while for that discourse to unroll.
Abortion rights has won in all six states where it
has been on the ballot,
and this November, voters in 14 states could decide the
issue.
The kind of middle ground that Trump was looking for
probably was not found here.
And we're going to continue to see a Republican Party
that is searching for a message,
a lot of questions to follow in Arizona and many
other states to come.
Any enforcement of the Arizona law is likely weeks away
due to the court allowing legal challenges if it holds.
Arizona's current attorney general, a Democrat,
vows not to enforce it.