In Arizona, a late Friday ruling greenlighted an anti-abortion law from 1864 that outlaws almost all abortions and penalizes abortion providers.
There’s a little over a month until the midterm elections, and Arizona is a battleground for federal and state elections.
At the national level, Republican candidate Blake Masters is hoping to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly . “[The Republicans] know how absolutely unpopular this law is. They know how indefensible it is. And they know that when Nov. 8 comes the people of Arizona are going to resoundingly reject this extreme abortion ban, this attack on the people of Arizona,” said Mayes.
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