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Omaha Steve

(99,059 posts)
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 06:37 AM Sep 2022

GOP quiet as Arizona Democrats condemn abortion ruling

Source: AP

By JONATHAN J. COOPER

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats vowed Saturday to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances, looking to capitalize on an issue they hope will have a major impact on the midterm elections.

Republican candidates were silent a day after the ruling, which said the state can prosecute doctors and others who assist with an abortion unless it’s necessary to save the mother’s life. Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for governor, and Blake Masters, the Senate candidate, did not comment.

Katie Hobbs and Kris Mayes, the Democratic nominees for governor and attorney general, implored women not to sit on the sidelines this year, saying the ruling sets them back more than a century to an era when only men had the right to vote.

“We cannot let (Lake) hold public office and have the power to enact extreme anti-choice policies that she’s spent her entire campaign touting,” Hobbs said during a news conference outside the attorney general’s office. “As Arizona’s governor I will do everything in my power and use every tool at my disposal to restore abortion rights in Arizona.”



Arizona Secretary of State Latie Hobbs, left, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Kris Mayes, a Democrat running for attorney general, speak to reporters outside the Arizona Attorney General's Office in Phoenix on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-voting-rights-health-arizona-legislature-323965504b0182af0191eb07542054cd?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_09

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GOP quiet as Arizona Democrats condemn abortion ruling (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2022 OP
Don't despair Maine Abu El Banat Sep 2022 #1
Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. Ray Bruns Sep 2022 #2
Actually, it's from the Art of War by Sun Tzu. AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #7
Not according to Wikipedia Ray Bruns Sep 2022 #10
sorry, these laws are causing a lot of damage Skittles Sep 2022 #11
Republicans only want to talk about gasoline and they will get the gasoline fire they started! /nt bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #3
GOP quiet because every last one of them Old Crank Sep 2022 #4
They fear the backlash from the Fundies if they say a peep. Cowards, all of them. Alexander Of Assyria Sep 2022 #5
By rubbing their noses in it non-stop Zambero Sep 2022 #12
I hope there's an immediate nose dive for r's in polls Marthe48 Sep 2022 #6
Don't bet on it. It's a heavily Mormon state Warpy Sep 2022 #14
There are many ways a pregnant woman can get the abortion she needs Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #8
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 #9
"Huh? Don't blame us." Warpy Sep 2022 #13
Sadly, that is almost always what happens DoUListenWhenUHear Sep 2022 #15

Maine Abu El Banat

(3,479 posts)
1. Don't despair
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 07:41 AM
Sep 2022

Laws like this are our greatest ally, in our desire for a huge Dem majority and permanent right to choose laws on the books nationwide. These people are politically stupid, which is our greatest asset.

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
11. sorry, these laws are causing a lot of damage
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 11:30 PM
Sep 2022

they're not just political consequences, they cause REAL HARM in the here and now

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
12. By rubbing their noses in it non-stop
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 09:11 AM
Sep 2022

forced-birth GOP candidates, having made unforced errors of miscalculation will have two choices:

Don't respond and allow themselves to stand as proponents of the 1864 ban, OR get defensive about their unabashed support, also displaying their true colors. Of course, a third choice would be to disavow the law and stand with the majority of citizens, who were opposed to the nullification of Roe. Not likely.

Marthe48

(16,688 posts)
6. I hope there's an immediate nose dive for r's in polls
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 10:27 AM
Sep 2022

Every single time they act against 51% of the population.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
14. Don't bet on it. It's a heavily Mormon state
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 01:26 PM
Sep 2022

and Mormon women are still expected to produce huge families, like they are still on the frontier and need help on the ranch.

Don't expect overwhelming support to repeal that law from them.

Farmer-Rick

(10,072 posts)
8. There are many ways a pregnant woman can get the abortion she needs
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 12:22 PM
Sep 2022

Despite these laws, women can still get abortions. Unfortunately, most of those ways require money.

So, all they are doing is forcing pregnant children, the weakest among us and the poorest of the poor from getting an abortion.

Laws are made to be broken, for those with some wealth. Just ask TFG.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
13. "Huh? Don't blame us."
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 01:19 PM
Sep 2022

"We just left that antique law on the books cuz we're lazy. Turning half the human race into livestock is just an added feature."

15. Sadly, that is almost always what happens
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 05:01 PM
Sep 2022

when a court ruling declares that a law is "unconstitutional". Readers Digest used to put out articles all the time that would list state and local laws that are still on the books that seem even more ridiculous by today's standards than when they were written. Usually, it's a moot point to legislate their removal...and very time consuming.

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