U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters backs an Arizona abortion law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It has no exceptions for rape or incest.
"It’s funny, because you change one thing about the website and the media pounces. … I tweak my stump speech week over week, too, but no, I don’t run from or hide from anything I’ve said," he"If we change something from time to time, that just reflects a new way that we’re talking about something, but it’s not a backtrack or anything like that."states that he believes Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationally, was a bad decision.
The site also said Masters supports abortion laws being decided by states."I am hopeful we'll soon see a slate of new laws that respect and promote life — the lives of both the mother and the child," the site says. Arizona is attempting to enact much stricter abortion laws or even a ban, using either an old law or the new one.a court to allow a 1901 law that bans abortion, with no exceptions for rape or incest, to take effect. A ruling is expected after Sept. 20.a law that will take effect Sept. 24 that criminalizes performing an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.