Posted on 04/12/2024 1:17:08 AM PDT by Morgana
A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn´t sit well with the Republican former governor whose expansion of the state Supreme Court allowed him to appoint the four conservative justices whose ruling cleared the way for it.
Doug Ducey is among Republicans in several states who are wrestling with the consequences of their opposition to abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. He expanded the state court in 2016, but thinks its ruling this week went too far.
After the Arizona court ruled 4-2 on Monday to revive an 1864 law that criminalizes abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman´s life is at risk, Ducey posted on the platform X that it was "not the outcome I would have preferred." He said a law he signed in 2022 banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy was more in line with what voters want.
In Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, where an abortion ban signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine got overturned in a referendum that enshrined the right to an abortion in the state constitution, the issue has helped Democrats win races and in some cases begin to reverse Republican-led bans.
More may be in store. In Florida, the state's high court cleared the way for a six-week ban that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed while also allowing an abortion-rights referendum go before the state´s voters this November.
Abortion also is a major feature in the presidential race, potentially boosting turnout for Democrats and putting down-ballot Republicans on a back foot. Polls show most U.S. adults don´t support tough restrictions.
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Weird. A lot of us think that murdering innocent infants “goes too far” also. The same little bass turds who called Vietnam vets “baby killers” are now actually brutally murdering them every day as they innocently are trying to be born. Pro abortion maggots can go to hell.
The court is not a legislature. The ruling just held that the law still exists. It does not bar the legislature from changing the law.
Science says a human life begins at conception.
Give the TDS a rest.
Excellent observation. I talk about this from time to time, and now they “care” about American babies and the mothers whom bring them life in our country, yet they welcome pregnant or expecting illegals into our nation without any resistance.
Also, be expected to hear about this crap for months to come because liberals have nothing else to bring up but this garbage, you know, because it’s an election year.
FJB x1000 and beyond
If that law is there—SUCK IT UP!
How do you choose to not enforce something, legally, if it was formally rule as “legal?”
Idiots.
"Its aftermath" includes:
Which were they hoping for?
The people of Arizona spoke on abortion in 1864. They're going to speak again in 2024. They'll be saying something differently.
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