Katie Hobbs blamed Republicans for the state's abortion ban, tracing it back to the 2022 Dobbs decision.
in nearly all cases, only making exceptions when the mother faces immediate life-threatening conditions. Despite denouncements from many of the state’s Republicans, Hobbs condemned them for the decision, laying the blame squarely at their feet.
“The fact is that some of the Republicans right now, who are saying that this decision went too far, are the same politicians who celebrated thedecision, which paved the way for this court ruling today,” she said in an interview with CNN. “And the speaker of the House and the Senate president both weighed in in this case with amicus brief, urging the court to do exactly what it did today.”
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