ARIZONA- This Monday, January 22nd marked the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Arizona Democrats called out Donald Trump’s abortion ban and attempts in the Arizona state legislature to bring back the1864 ban that has no exceptions for rape or incest.

What Our Chairwoman Yolanda Bejarano said:

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“This shouldn’t be the Arizona we’re living in, where our freedom to make our own healthcare choices is relentlessly attacked and ripped away from us, but it is — thanks to Donald Trump and Arizona Republicans like Kari Lake, who praised the overturning of Roe.Now, he and MAGA Republicans, from Rep. Juan Ciscomani to Rep. David Schweikert, want to take it even further with a national abortion ban.”

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“‘While Republicans are running on their anti-freedom agenda of taking away rights and dictating women’s private health care decisions, Democrats from state legislatures to the Oval Office are committed to making sure people have more rights, not fewer,’ said Yolanda Bejarano, the chair of the Arizona Democratic Party, during a Friday news conference commemorating the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. […] The best way to protect Arizona women from increasingly hostile abortion laws is to back Democratic candidates who will fight for reproductive access, Bejarano said. The 2022 midterm elections saw Democrats win statewide offices, erecting a bulwark against Republican anti-abortion bills, but new policy can’t be enacted without a legislative majority. The GOP currently holds a slim one-vote majority in each chamber.”

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KJZZ: Radio

“I don’t think Arizonans — and we proved that in 2022 — Arizonans do not want to go back to this. Arizonans do not want our freedoms to be taken away,” said Yolanda Bejarano, chair of the Arizona Democratic Party.

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Arizona Democrats are hoping to sweep the November elections, bolstered by a reproductive rights stance that sharply contrasts attacks on abortion access from Republicans. “While Republicans are running on their anti-freedom agenda of taking away rights and dictating women’s private health care decisions, Democrats from state legislatures to the Oval Office are committed to making sure people have more rights, not fewer,” said Yolanda Bejarano, the chair of the Arizona Democratic Party, during a Friday news conference commemorating the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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“We are all united in this campaign of reality, that our rights have been attacked,” said Yolanda Bejarano, who chairs the Democratic Party in Arizona.

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“On this day 51 years ago, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade that protected the right to choose for Arizonans, yet today, women have faced an onslaught of attacks on their fundamental freedoms – all because of Donald Trump,” said Arizona Democratic Party Chair Yolanda Bejarano. “Roe v. Wade would still be in place if not for Trump’s presidency, and now, he’s running on a pledge to ban abortion nationwide, which would rip away freedoms from millions of Arizonans.”

What the Arizona Democratic Party said: 

• REMINDER: Kari Lake’s Dangerous Abortion Views “Haven’t Changed, Actually”
• The Lake Tapes: “On the 51st anniversary of #RoevWade, let’s roll the tape on Kari Lake’s dangerous abortion record”
• WATCH: The Abortion Ban Lake Tapes

What Arizona Democrats Said: 

• KNXV: (ABC – Phoenix, AZ) Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego: “For five decades, Roe v. Wade stood as an indispensable pillar of liberty in our country. Now,  today’s young women have fewer rights than they did a generation ago.”
• KPNX: (NBC – Phoenix, AZ): “Here at home, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero along with local health care providers gathered at the Pima County Courthouse pushing to stop the fight against abortion. Mayor Kate Gallego and Arizona Democrats held a similar event this morning here in Phoenix.”
• KSAZ: (Fox – Phoenix, AZ) Mayor Gallego: “Clinics are being closed down. Doctors are being blocked from providing care. And women are being forced to make terrible medical decisions.”
• KVOA: (NBC – Tucson, AZ) Mayor Romero: “I think that Arizonans are going to seek to sign this petition. And when we get the signatures, Arizonans will vote to put this issue on the constitution of Arizona.”