Kari Lake Tells Arizonans They’re Still Allowed to Drive 3 Hours for Abortion!
In a series of word vomit, Lake said she doesn't support the state's 1864 abortion ban but also that it's not that bad because Arizonans can simply pull up to the next state???
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On Wednesday, the Arizona state House rejected another motion to repeal the state’s 1864, Civil War-era criminal abortion ban, which is set to take effect in a matter of days after a state Supreme Court ruling last week. (However, a bill was successfully introduced in the Senate!) The furor surrounding the ban, which would criminalize and imprison anyone who provides abortion care except to save someone’s life, is expected to have significant electoral repercussions, especially as the state is set to vote on an abortion rights ballot measure this November. And Kari Lake—failed Republican gubernatorial candidate, Trump’s former roommate (basically), and current Arizona U.S. Senate candidate—is scrambling now that it’s become clear that no one wants the abortion policies she and her party have supported.
In 2022, Lake called the 1864 ban “a great law.” But last week she said, “I oppose today’s ruling, and I am calling on Katie Hobbs and the State Legislature to come up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support.” But the ruling she opposes is a direct consequence of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which Lake supported and continues to support. So Lake has gone from flip-flopping to just… making no sense whatsoever.
“Everyone’s fighting about a law that’s not even going to be enforced here in Arizona,” Lake said at a campaign event this week while also dismissing it as irrelevant because it’s not being enforced yet??? “Even if we have a restrictive law here, you can go three hours that way, three hours that way, and you’re going to be able to have an abortion.”