Browsing: Arizona Supreme Court

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) targeted GOP lawmakers who criticized a court ruling Tuesday that upheld an 1864 law, making performing an abortion a felony in the state. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, she described the decision as “very harmful” for the state and highlighted that Arizonians are deeply affected by it…

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs expressed confidence on Tuesday that voters will have the chance to make abortion rights a part of the state's constitution in November. This could reverse a decision from the state's Supreme Court that effectively bans nearly all abortions in the state. Hobbs spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper shortly after the state's highest court dismissed arguments for a 15-week…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, shared her views on abortion in a detailed online post following the national attention to the Arizona Supreme Court's abortion law on Tuesday. “People are asking about my views on abortion,” Shanahan’s post on X, formerly Twitter, began. Shanahan, recently named Kennedy’s vice-presidential candidate, is a mother to one…

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed a law from 1864 that makes carrying out an abortion a serious crime. What does this mean? The decision, with a vote of 4-2, dismissed attempts to ban abortions after 15 weeks and effectively makes the medical procedure nearly completely against the law in the state. The law dates back to the time of the Civil War and was passed many years before Arizona became a state in 1912. The…

Doug Ducey, the ex-governor of Arizona who enacted a 15-week abortion restriction, expressed that the state's Supreme Court's decision to ban almost all abortions was not his preferred outcome. “I endorsed the 15-week law as Governor because it is considerate conservative policy and a way to address this very delicate issue that…