The recent decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to uphold a near-total abortion ban from 1864, which includes no exceptions for rape and incest and criminalizes abortion before women are even aware of their pregnancy, has intensified the abortion debate in the U.S., particularly as the 2024 presidential election approaches. This ruling has sparked widespread protests and legal challenges. In response, Vice President Kamala Harris has been actively campaigning to promote abortion rights, including a stop in Las Vegas to discuss a Nevada ballot measure aimed at enshrining abortion access in the state constitution. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has shifted his position to support state rights on abortion, a move seen as politically strategic but unlikely to appease both sides of the debate.
Trump gave MAGA politicians permission to move left on abortion. Some are taking it. https://t.co/6SBS4RJkOy
Cathi Herrod, the unofficial official who runs the Arizona Legislature, has spoken. Republicans repeal that 1864 abortion ban at their peril. https://t.co/TJYxXraYu4 via @azcentral
Trump says he’s the architect behind the dismantling of Roe v. Wade. Arizona Republicans refuse to repeal the state’s archaic abortion law. @VP Harris was right to pin the Arizona abortion ban on Trump and Republicans. And Americans will remember in November. https://t.co/fbe58wh866
Trump risks losing key voter base with opposition to Arizona abortion law, pro-lifers say https://t.co/yfdfNRiSSJ
A leaked document shows #Republicans think they can snooker voters into allowing the #arizona Legislature to continue calling the shots on abortion, writes @LaurieRoberts. Of course that's insult to Arizonans. https://t.co/a2oFlXS6nL
From Mary Ziegler: The history of Arizona’s abortion ban reveals the true dangers of ‘zombie laws’ When this ban goes into effect, residents will likely experience much more stringent restrictions than did Arizonans 160 years ago. https://t.co/dhtxFiuTFl
Arizona anti-abortion activists aren’t letting up after Supreme Court victory https://t.co/Wx5SPDeweC via @nbcnews
Kelly Clarkson breaks down talking about her difficult pregnancies with Hillary Clinton https://t.co/MzBkv4nevT
The architect of Arizona anti-abortion legislation over the last 15 years sends a message to GOP lawmakers, with possible repeal of 1864 abortion ban in play Wednesday at Legislature. https://t.co/xAnf3i0FKw
My statement on efforts to repeal Arizona’s pro-life law.. https://t.co/xHlct1U5o1
NEW: "Abortions resuming in Flagstaff as 1864 ban looms, Planned Parenthood announces." (via @stephanieinnes) https://t.co/0u338Cw49o
GOP leadership weighing plans for their own abortion ballot measures they admit are designed to confuse the issue and take votes away from the initiative. https://t.co/f7vQkFxaRX https://t.co/Mbr90OoBp5
A leaked document shows Republicans think they can snooker voters into allowing the Arizona Legislature to continue calling the shots on abortion. Long story short: They think we're dumb. https://t.co/jLd6oIDnwn via @azcentral
This weekend on @FaceTheNation, I spoke about Arizona's disastrous abortion ruling and who is responsible. This backwards law criminalizes women’s health care and puts lives at risk. It simply cannot stand. https://t.co/ZPjY4ivZpX
.@HillaryClinton slams Arizona’s ‘horrifying’ abortion ban https://t.co/CYta3kUtFr https://t.co/CYta3kUtFr
Trump gave MAGA politicians permission to move left on abortion. Some are taking it. (via @ShelbyTalcott) https://t.co/wJvkENwJEj
Abortions resuming in Flagstaff as 1864 ban looms, Planned Parenthood announces https://t.co/XwXmzWZTLV
Like Florida, Arizona voters could decide abortion rights at the November ballot Reporting by @GabrielleRusson https://t.co/kVtbDzd5t3 #FlaPol
‘Trump did this’: abortion ruling hands Biden opening in Arizona https://t.co/AJLieB0CI1 from @LaurenFedor
Republicans to test new abortion messaging as Arizona turns up heat on GOP https://t.co/i5FMJX6Su7 https://t.co/i5FMJX6Su7
"Republicans have a plan!" Inadvertently leaked documents reveal AZ Republicans' strategy to retain legislative control of abortion by undermining planned vote on protecting abortion rights. https://t.co/blbksIbeIz https://t.co/EZldXx8LNv
Democrats could overturn AZ 1864 abortion ban with help from a few Republicans. Here's how https://t.co/pUYAgcgo4U via @azcentral
NEW: Advocates are concerned that Trump’s remarks on abortion (specifically about AZ/FL) have given Republicans the green light to move left on the issue — raising questions about the party’s future relationship w/ the pro-life movement: https://t.co/2shLv8A0Zw
Details of Trump's abortion stance aside (and there's a lot missing), don't underestimate the power of a party leader openly telling their rank-and-file supporters that an issue is politically toxic. https://t.co/pJhGFC37vw
Democrats could overturn AZ 1864 abortion ban with help from a few Republicans. Here's how https://t.co/WQk58w4kiY
Radical right-wing judges and Republicans won’t stop until they get a national abortion ban. We need to immediately pass the Women’s Health Protection Act and protect the right to abortion under law.
Extreme judges are once again causing chaos and confusion for women and their doctors. Republican politicians and judges want to control a woman’s body. We must restore abortion rights nationwide. https://t.co/GGIfTo9pxk
Internal Trump memo downplays abortion in Arizona while Democrats bank on opposite https://t.co/AGoqT2pHiW
Florida and Arizona embark on different paths as abortion fight continues https://t.co/9XspNGT5UV https://t.co/Xpj4sx2rbU
This has some anti-abortion advocates more worried than Trump’s stance on a federal ban — MAGA deciding it’s fine to oppose state bans too could have huge downstream effects https://t.co/m6aeLYbdpI
This has some anti-abortion advocates more worried than Trump’s stance on a federal ban — MAGA deciding it’s fine oppose state bans too could have huge downstream effects https://t.co/m6aeLYbdpI
Donald Trump has openly declared abortion a political liability for the GOP — and some anti-abortion advocates fear his latest stance has given allied Republicans the green light to move left. https://t.co/GbEZOHCePP
Republicans divided over Arizona near-total abortion ban, poll shows https://t.co/Pb421cTX14
With Arizona’s reinstatement of a 160-year-old abortion ban this week, Republicans are left to publicly contend with the issue. @FranklinFoer, @LisaDNews, @sbg1, @RyanLizza, and @DomenicoNPR discuss this and more on @washingtonweek With @TheAtlantic. https://t.co/tOIcuuV5VX
A PowerPoint presentation from the Arizona state legislature reportedly leaked over the weekend. Gaydos and Bruce St. James with @OutspokenKTAR tackle the ways legislators may fight the abortion initiative if it's on the ballot in November. FULL SEGMENT: https://t.co/vRSUrjWLAa https://t.co/U6lzpRpXbq
Could abortion eventually be enshrined in the Nevada constitution? Vice President Kamala Harris thinks it would be a great idea. Here are the details from her Las Vegas visit on Monday. https://t.co/LxKGMxMQ6z
Hillary Clinton slams 'cruelty' of Arizona abortion law in interview with emotional Kelly Clarkson https://t.co/GV0fGHMqdW
Vice President Kamala Harris praised Nevada for its abortion laws during a Las Vegas visit Monday, just days after Arizona’s state Supreme Court ruled that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable. https://t.co/h2fDDDEg1i
The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona's abortion ban https://t.co/O8vVtIikXD
Florida abortion amendment appears to be falling short in early polling https://t.co/UhLVXqrWZM https://t.co/UhLVXqrWZM
The near-total abortion ban dates to a time when Union and Confederate armies clashed in a fourth year of the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln tasked one man to create the legal code for Arizona, almost 50 years before the territory became a state. https://t.co/7UgAuHe3FG
Reporting in AZ suggests @GOP in the state legislature is NOT planning to repeal the sweeping, 1864 abortion ban, which includes mandatory prison sentences for doctors. This is a big fork in the '24 road.
A majority of Florida registered voters say they would vote to expand abortion access in November, but it falls short of the threshold to become law, according to a new USA Today/Ipsos poll released Saturday. https://t.co/kjmSiQwTFu
'Remember in November': The rallying cry after the Supreme Court's abortion ban ruling https://t.co/EaLOkdDY5W via @ArizonaMirror
Vice President Kamala Harris stopped by Las Vegas to speak on the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a near-total abortion ban. She stressed the stakes for Nevada’s November abortion ballot initiative. MORE: https://t.co/pjF6ItsQGw https://t.co/kkMoECQYvr
Hitting send: Republicans inadvertently hand Democrats their strategy to address Arizona's abortion ban https://t.co/r7N4uY8Emv
Now we know more about what Arizona House Republicans are considering to deal with the abortion-rights issue. They could put at least one initiative, maybe more, on the ballot. Muddying the waters could make it harder for the @azforaccess initiative. https://t.co/g9GRdZcLTo
Arizona was a primitive place in 1864. Upholding its Civil War-era abortion ban proves it still is. #Opinion https://t.co/SIeGvUNJJN
Hillary Clinton bonds with Kelly Clarkson over abortion ruling READ: https://t.co/75eP3pepme #Clinton #Hillary #HillaryClinton #KellyClarkson #Abortion #Kelly #Clarkson #Left #Democrat #Republicans #US #Politics #News #Viralvideo #ViralVideos #Explore #Explorepage https://t.co/gAhU4q5P8I
Fifty years before Arizona became a state, a New York judge wrote a 500-page legal code for the territory. Tucked among rules on dueling and accidental ax homicides is a law prohibiting medically induced abortions. https://t.co/qntuvNO97F
Leaked document shows GOP strategy to undermine Arizona abortion ballot measure https://t.co/Nh02qxAGPC
Abortion. It is this issue that could be THE issue that keeps Joe Biden and Democrats in power. They know it. We know it. Donald Trump knows it and some Republicans who actually want to win something for a change- know it- and have followed Trump’s lead. https://t.co/A07dDJHYq1
Voters in about a dozen states could decide the fate of abortion rights in November with constitutional amendments on the ballot in a pivotal election year — including in several battleground states. https://t.co/Be3VF7V8cw
Arizona GOP strategy document implores party to show 'Republicans have a plan' on abortion The presentation lays out a menu of GOP options on abortion policy after a state Supreme Court ruling upholding a near-total abortion ban in Arizona law. https://t.co/3AEtLJfPNq
Kelly Clarkson says she finds Arizona’s recent abortion ruling “insane,” telling Hillary Clinton that the country’s “going backwards.” https://t.co/6TL1z9U5xm
The Arizona Supreme Court's decision reviving a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 19th century is at odds with a pledge from the state's Democratic governor. Did the court's ruling leave room for further challenges to the law? Read more: https://t.co/HU3MgOvER0 https://t.co/0FtdW3kC35
Here's what you need to know about the abortion amendment on the November ballot https://t.co/aARu7vzBvp
Donald Trump is responsible for the overturning of Roe and the draconian bans that have followed. With your vote, we can stop him. Tune in as I discuss our fight to protect reproductive freedoms. https://t.co/gqEu77aDbe
Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering pushing alternative ballot measures competing with a proposed constitutional amendment expanding abortion rights in the state, according to a document obtained by NBC News. https://t.co/RQSafOyD59
Thousands rallied on April 13 in Florida to support a voter referendum that would enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution. Florida's top court earlier this month cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect on May 1 https://t.co/FXi8EuDZ1S https://t.co/npqRcmFMuH
Vice Pres. Kamala Harris will attend an abortion rights event in Las Vegas on Monday as she cements herself as a leader on the issue for Pres. Biden's re-election. https://t.co/q591rnSlFq
Arizona’s law banning nearly all abortion was written nearly 50 years before it became a state, when under 7,000 people lived in the territory. https://t.co/vyE9cyA9we
Trump’s sudden flip-flop on a national abortion law speaks volumes | Editorial https://t.co/XVRTnd5nRQ
NEWS: To blunt an abortion-rights constitutional amendment gaining steam in Arizona, the GOP-led House GOP counsel is proposing a 2-phase plan to put rival measures before voters From her 24 power point: https://t.co/mRJfEzWQ1p https://t.co/iqawAMeSB6
Kelly Clarkson gets emotional while talking to Hillary Clinton about the Arizona Supreme Court upholding a 1864 abortion ban: "I have been pregnant twice, hospitalized both times ... To make someone go through that? ... You don't realize how hard it is." https://t.co/6h6QP0oGRV
States where abortion is on the ballot in the 2024 election via @amybwang, @LACaldwellDC & @maeganvaz: https://t.co/V0gkAv6T1s
States where abortion is on the ballot in the 2024 election https://t.co/sq6PtQXiyy
States where abortion is on the ballot in the 2024 election, via @amybwang @LACaldwellDC @maeganvaz https://t.co/5dl7A5UlUy
Some in the GOP are pressing Trump to abandon the pro-life cause. Thankfully Trump didn’t listen to them and has trusted his gut. The price of abandoning the pro-life cause would be enormous. Let’s look to Canada for some guidance on what happens when you make it a “non-issue.”…
The Arizona Supreme Court's decision is one of the most extreme abortion bans in our nation: No exception for rape and incest. Prison time for doctors and nurses. Abortion is made illegal before women even know they are pregnant. Arizona women deserve better.
Trump is right on abortion — pro lifers should realize he’s their lifeline https://t.co/ikaWuAuGR7 https://t.co/0ahJNQxOv1
.@NoahCRothman, @AudreyFahlberg, and @MichaelRWarren discuss Donald Trump’s pivot away from the pro-life movement. https://t.co/Hds0YrXt5K
“Leaving it up to the states” just led us to a near-total ban on abortion in Arizona. This is absolutely unacceptable. We must do everything we can to restore & protect reproductive freedoms at the federal level. https://t.co/DayR11pYDL
ICYMI: AZ Supreme Court decision resolves issue of conflict between 2022 15-week law and 1864 virtual ban on abortion. But other legal questions that were never answered when @PPArizona first sued in 1972 were never resolved after SCOTUS decided Roe. https://t.co/VxzXbouEXn https://t.co/so3OI8QZtX
False Alarms: Kamala Harris to Urge Nevada Voters to Back Abortion Amendment Rooted in Absurdity https://t.co/PMRN8Lxt7A
"Arizona’s bizarre abortion decision" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/sQw6ANKbhE
Sen. @TinaSmithMN: Trump said he's proudly responsible for overturning Roe. He's responsible for these abortion bans and he'll be held accountable in November. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are fighting to protect people's freedom andTrump is responsible for taking them away https://t.co/qEwSsX0NTb
CHC Chair @RepBarragan Statement on Arizona Supreme Court Decision to Uphold 19th Century Near-Total Abortion Ban ⬇️ https://t.co/P4OpqKTEwp
The Arizona Supreme Court's decision reviving a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 19th century is at odds with a pledge from the state's Democratic governor and chief prosecutor to protect abortion rights. Here is how the conflict could unfold https://t.co/NMwxIjLuwN https://t.co/XRsTBqRgH8
⚠️ EXPLAINER-WHAT'S NEXT AFTER ARIZONA'S HIGHEST COURT UPHELD AN ABORTION BAN? Full Story → https://t.co/keQKr29gvY The Arizona Supreme Court's decision reviving a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 19th century is at odds with a pledge from the state's Democratic… https://t.co/6uYKkOVo3Z
#UnitedStates | Hundreds of people took to the streets in downtown Scottsdale in Arizona after the western U.S. state's Supreme Court reinstated a near-total abortion ban from 1864 on Tuesday. https://t.co/NsE144UyUy
Arizona Democrat says repealing 1864 abortion ban would have little effect https://t.co/fzFVtW2o4B
Thousands of reproductive rights supporters rallied on April 13 in Florida to support a voter referendum that would enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution, an effort Democrats hope will boost their chances in the US presidential election https://t.co/boC49EWJar https://t.co/NMtjAWKXaY
The former president – and his appointments to the Supreme Court – ended American women’s constitutional right to have an abortion. Trump used to crow about it, but he now knows it could cost his party dear at the election, writes Jon Sopel 👉 https://t.co/bDS76ZRQ9p https://t.co/D65zxs63B0
A decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstated a 1864 law, that almost completely restricts access to abortion in the swing state, has pulled the issue to the forefront of the 2024 presidential campaign once again. https://t.co/ZjWsVCt0IS
In the wake of a near-total ban on abortions, protests broke out in Arizona over the weekend. Meanwhile, California braces for an influx of people seeking services across the state line. https://t.co/AYTrgalkSl https://t.co/AYTrgalkSl
Inside Acacia Women’s Center in Arizona, patients described a mix of fear, anger and anxiety after the State Supreme Court decided to reinstate a law that bans nearly all abortions. https://t.co/qshfSuBu2s
Both sides take part in rally on Arizona abortion ruling in Scottsdale https://t.co/SjSWJuwgIC
Hundreds gather in Scottsdale for abortion rights in state Constitution https://t.co/eL46Fy6WB1
While AZ Supreme Court ruled 2022 law with 15-week ban on abortion doesn't override 1864 ban, that doesn't mean there are not other legal challenges, ones that were left on the table in 1973 when SCOTUS enacted Roe. Here's a closer look: https://t.co/VxzXbou77P https://t.co/CSrXT0ocO3
MONDAY @VP invites Arizona State Sen. @EvaBurchAZ to join her at campaign event in Las Vegas to talk about state of repro rights in AZ after 1864 ban reinstated. https://t.co/Rg7RVXlJZ6
More litigation certain as attorneys try to figure out how to void Arizona's abortion ban https://t.co/2ld8VnE2pT
After flirting with national abortion bans, Trump is now retreating to a states rights position in an effort to take the issue off the table in the 2024 presidential election. It probably won’t work; his own state is holding a vote on abortion. https://t.co/qUS3bfFeWo
Vice President Kamala Harris to promote Nevada's abortion rights ballot measure during campaign stop https://t.co/VQgSCFMzbl
Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to Las Vegas next week. https://t.co/kVY9XORQEe
During a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris will promote Nevada's ballot measure to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution. https://t.co/vxta8Luwlc
'The damage is done': Ruben Gallego says repealing Arizona's near-total abortion ban now would be too little, too late - NBC News https://t.co/gX6WjcSqVJ
Republicans got the Arizona abortion ban they wanted. Why are some now scrambling to undo it? https://t.co/COANmUYlc6 via @azcentral
The Biden-Harris campaign held a press conference in Bucks County alongside local leaders to remind voters about former President Trump's role in scaling back access to abortion. https://t.co/EoANK7cpZy
While many conservative and centrist Republican women still oppose abortion, new bans are causing some to rethink their views — and potentially their votes. https://t.co/2bSmCqKNsU
Rep. Ruben Gallego Says Codifying Abortion Rights Is Necessary To Combat Arizona's 1864 Law https://t.co/gIQi579aBz
Donald Trump's embrace of federalism on the issue of abortion is one of those rare instances when political expedience coincides with constitutional principles. https://t.co/Wy6sah21WY
Trump’s stumble onto the right abortion position obscures pro-lifers’ need to win the argument. | @AndrewCMcCarthy https://t.co/Fm5GOVq29g