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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Apr 23, 2024, 08:55 PM Apr 23

Kari Lake bemoans fact that Arizona's 1864 abortion ban is not being enforced, in another apparent shift

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake expressed regret in a recent interview that Arizona’s century-old abortion ban was not being enforced by the state’s Democratic leadership, remarks that appear at odds with her recent public opposition to the law.

“The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona, but unfortunately, the people running our state have said we’re not going to enforce it. So it’s really political theater,” Lake said in an interview with Idaho Dispatch on Saturday during a visit to the state.

“We don’t have that law as much as many of us wish we did,” she added.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9 that the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “necessary” to save a pregnant woman’s life. The court delayed enforcement of the ban for at least 14 days to allow plaintiffs to challenge the law, and Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, told CNN that her office does not intend to prosecute providers or patients under the near-total ban. The attorney general’s website states that “the earliest the 1864 territorial abortion ban may take effect is June 8, 2024.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kari-lake-bemoans-fact-arizona-212706346.html

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Kari Lake bemoans fact that Arizona's 1864 abortion ban is not being enforced, in another apparent shift (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 23 OP
she should go with a film crew and start trying to make citizen's arrests Celerity Apr 23 #1
This is what Republicans want ck4829 Apr 25 #2
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