DSCC Statement: AZ 1864 Abortion Ban Underscores Stakes of Defeating Kari Lake

In response to the Arizona Supreme Court upholding the state’s territorial-era law that bans abortion without exceptions for rape or incest, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson Maeve Coyle released the following statement:  

“This terrible ruling underscores the threat Kari Lake’s power hungry politics pose to Arizona’s women and families. She has been a long and loud advocate for taking away women’s freedom to make their most personal medical decisions for themselves – including supporting the 1864 law that Arizonans must now live under outlawing nearly all abortions, without exceptions for rape or incest and imposing criminal punishments on doctors. To restore their rights and freedoms, Arizonans must reject this abortion ban and reject Kari Lake at the ballot box.”

Kari Lake’s record opposing Arizona women’s freedom to make their own health care decisions: 

• Lake supported Arizona’s territorial era law that would outlaw abortion without exceptions for rape or incest, calling it “a great law.” [The Conservative Circus, 3:40, 6/24/22; 12 News (KPNX), 8/9/22; Phoenix New Times, 6/29/22; Politifact, 10/12/2022] (AUDIO)

• Lake “celebrated the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning a federal right to abortion,” saying “obviously, I think Roe v. Wade should be overturned.” [HuffPost, 4/2/24; American Leadership Forum, 19:32, 2/5/22] (VIDEO)
  
  
• Lake “affirmed that she believes that life begins at conception, and that abortion pills should be illegal.” [HuffPost, 4/2/24]

• Lake said abortion “is not health care. It is the killing, it is the sacrifice, it is the execution of a baby.” [Newsmax, Eric Bolling The Balance, 5:55, 5/5/22] (VIDEO)

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