Last week, the Arizona State Supreme Court ordered the enforcement of a law from 1864 banning nearly all abortions. That's led both presidential campaigns to focus on the battleground state.

Conventional wisdom says the Arizona Supreme Court’s abortion ruling will hurt Republicans in the November election. But Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas thinks all of this might actually be useful for the GOP.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says local prosecutors are still barred from bringing charges for abortion-related crimes even though the state Supreme Court reinstated a near-total abortion ban.

Paul Bentz of HighGround and former Congressional candidate Anita Malik joined The Show to talk about the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion, the state Legislature moving to a one day a week schedule and more.

Democrats are seizing on this week’s ruling outlawing nearly all abortions in Arizona to launch a major advertising effort in the crucial swing state. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign reports it is spending seven figures to air ads on TV and digital platforms in Arizona highlighting reproductive rights.

Now, a handful of Republican state lawmakers say they want to repeal that the 1864 near-total abortion ban, just two years after they voted for legislation that explicitly supported it.
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Legal expert Barbara Atwood spoke with The Show to break down some of the legal reasoning and questions after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled a near-total abortion ban from 1864 can go into effect.

Arizonans will soon be subject to the most extreme abortion ban in the country. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she will not prosecute any doctor or woman under the Civil War-era law.

After the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions in Arizona, Democrats — and some Republicans — are calling on the state Legislature to repeal the territorial-era ban.