Kari Lake Supports Abortion Bans, Will She Also Support Banning Life-Saving Medication and Convicting Women Who Seek Abortion Care in Other States?

For Immediate Release
Thursday, Oct. 13th, 2022

Contact: Josselyn Berry, Jberry@azdem.org
Since Kari Lake Supports Abortion Bans, Will She Also Support Banning Life-Saving Medication and Convicting Women Who Seek Abortion Care in Other States?

If Kari Lake Stands By Her Hardline Stance on Abortion, She Should Answer These Key Questions

PHOENIX– Kari Lake has a long and well documented history of supporting any and all abortion bans. As the Arizona Republic reported, “Lake has not budged from her staunch opposition to abortion,” despite a majority of Arizonans supporting access to abortion and it becoming a top issue in this election. Lake has long supported the 1901 ban on abortion, which has no exceptions for rape or incest and requires prison time for doctors. She responded to the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe by saying she supports the 1901 Arizona law and celebrated it again as a “great law” during a forum in February and said she would support and enforce it during the Republican primary debate. She’s said, “I am pro-life 100%. I’m against abortion,” opposing exceptions for rape and incest. Kari Lake has also referred to people who seek abortion care as “executioners” and murderers.

“When Lake says she has no interest in changing the current law she is saying she has no interest in allowing exceptions for rape or incest. She supports jailing doctors. She has no worries about blocking women from life-saving medication or cancer treatments. She has no concern for Arizona women, period,” said Josselyn Berry, spokesperson for the Arizona Democratic Party.

Since Kari Lake continues to uphold her hardline stances on abortion, we think there are a few question she should answer:

Is she going to withhold state aid from cities like Tucson and Phoenix for refusing to arrest abortion providers?
Will she direct law enforcement to respond and investigate reports of abortions?
Does she agree life-saving medication should be banned just because it could cause birth defects?
Does she think women should get charged with murder? How long would their prison sentence be?
How do doctors prove a woman’s life is in danger? Who do they have to get permission from to provide an abortion? The Governor? The Arizona legislature? ADHS?
If Arizona women leave the state to seek abortion care, does Lake think they should face legal penalties when they return?

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