Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

ARIZONA -– Yesterday in Phoenix, Arizona women called Kari Lake out for her dangerous anti-abortion record one week before the primary, and last night Arizonans saw that Kari Lake and Republicans up and down the ballot “support enforcing that same 1864 without exceptions for rape and incest.” 

WATCH:

Reporter: “We are one week out from the primary here in our state and that means that candidates are making their last minute appeals. Today, state Democrats held a news conference focused on abortion.”

Francesca Martin: “Republicans up and down the ballot across the state, just like Kari Lake, support enforcing that same 1864 abortion ban without exceptions for rape and incest. They support the ruling that instilled fear and panic in my fellow classmates within seconds.”

Lake’s dangerous and “clear record on” abortion includes everything from saying Roe was “unconstitutional” and calling for sheriffs to enforce an 1864 ban without exceptions for rape or incest that would put doctors in jail:

• “Obviously, I think Roe v. Wade should be overturned.” [2/5/22]

• “And I’m so glad that we’re on the precipice of possibly seeing the law Roe versus Wade struck down.” [1/26/22]

• “Oh, absolutely. This is such a momentous day, James T. I woke up to the news and I you know, nothing can wipe the smile off my face today. I’m just so happy … And we’ve been able to correct a 50 year old wrong, a 50 year old mistake. And we’re finally going to have a truly pro life state in Arizona and I couldn’t be more thrilled.” [6/24/22]

• “I’m incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a great law that’s already on the books, I believe it’s ARS 13-3603. So it will prohibit abortion in Arizona except to save the life of a mother. And I think we’re going to be setting the, paving the way and setting course for other states to follow.” [6/24/22]

• “And I think there’s a lot of people who want to say, ‘Oh, that law is on the books, and we have that law.’ No, we don’t have that law. She’s not enforcing the law, so we don’t have that law. The only people who can enforce that law are sheriffs, and we need to start asking if the sheriffs are going to enforce that. I don’t think they are.” [4/13/24]

•  “And this law passed. The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona. But unfortunately, the people running our state have said we’re not going to enforce it. So it’s really political theater, we don’t have that law as much as many of us wish we did.” [4/20/24]