[ad_1] PHOENIX — 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 PowerPoint presentation obtained by NBC News, as the GOP faces the fallout from a state Supreme Court ruling upholding a near-total abortion ban. The strategy document … Read more
[ad_1] PHOENIX — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego argued this week that a potential repeal of Arizona’s 1864 abortion law is not a viable long-term solution to secure abortion rights for the women of Arizona. “The damage is done,” Gallego told NBC News of a possible repeal of the 1864 ban, which the state’s Supreme Court … Read more
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[ad_1] TUCSON, Ariz. — Republican Senate hopeful Kari Lake took criticism from both flanks of the abortion debate during a visit to the University of Arizona Thursday evening, as she and other candidates navigate the fallout from this week’s state Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban. Lake’s flip-flop on the law … Read more
[ad_1] Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker examines whether abortion can be a decisive issue for Democrats, not … Read more
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[ad_1] A proposed amendment that would formally enshrine access to abortion in Colorado’s constitution is all but certain to appear on the November ballot after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates said Friday they have collected the required number of signatures. Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom, the group leading the effort, announced it had collected … Read more
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Arizona on Friday to highlight reproductive rights just days after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable. Harris’ office said she will visit Tucson “to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms” as the ruling brings the vital swing state … Read more
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