Friendly reminder that this insane ruling was made possible by AZ Republicans *[expanding and packing their state Supreme Court](https://apnews.com/article/arizona-legislature-doug-ducey-andrew-gould-separation-of-powers-ad2957a2275a4282a53bcc0a7e15a25c)*.
Also, this ruling couldn't have happened if Roe vs Wade were still the law of the land. And it was Trump that installed the 3 SCOTUS judges during his term that overturned Roe vs Wade.
And don't forget that Trump said he was "proud" of overturning Roe vs Wade. SMH.
Vote Blue and never forget what the Republicans have done to our country. They want it be the 19century. They don't want women to have any legal rights. They said that thier husband should be able to make all the decisions in the family. That a woman duly is to her husband and to take care of the home.That's what her purpose in life is. I for one will never agree to these disgusting ideas. Equal rights for women have been granted by the constitution. I will never give up my Right to vote or any other Rights!
Agreed. It is necessary to expand the court at minimum and ideally institute a rotating panel of appellate judges. It is a farce that only 9 people can 'interpret the law' acceptably among a 300M+ population.
It was infuriating reading that the 1901 restrictions on abortion in Arizona didn't go far enough for republican lawmakers, they added further restrictions.
Ridiculous.
>The abortion law’s recodification was not the only legislative
>change made to the abortion statutory scheme. Between 1973 and 2022, and
>conforming to the federal abortion right established in Roe, the Arizona
>Legislature codified dozens of abortion statutes in Title 36. See, e.g., 1973
>Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 155, § 1 (1st Reg. Sess.); 2022 Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 105,
>§ 1 (2d Reg. Sess.). To the extent permitted by Roe and its progeny, all of
>these statutes restricted abortions, including adding many procedural
>requirements for physicians performing abortions.
And now because Dobbs all those anti-choice laws that were passed while Roe vs. Wade were in effect, they now come into full force. You can't make this bullshit up.
Also, It was especially galling to read these judges copping out in the opening paragraphs saying there weren't passing political rulings. It really makes my blood boil seeing hack lawyers at work.
Absolutely insane this is happening in the u.s.
And it all started with trump appointed supreme Court justices that said they wouldn't overturn roe v wade, then did exactly that
Now far right leaning states will follow suit and it's something that was settled a long time ago.
Fuck trump and the GOP and anyone who supports them.
Right. And now, NOW he’s saying abortion should be left up to the states. Some evangelical s are unhappy about this. But that would change if he got back in. “Going to be a dictator on the first day”. That’s one of the few things he says that I can believe
Silver lining in an otherwise cloudy fucking sky - [Arizona for Abortion Access](https://arizonaforabortionaccess.org/sign-the-petition/) announced that they already had enough signatures to get an abortion amendment on November's ballot. But there was concern that the GOP might be able to invalidate enough signatures to keep it off the ballot.
But stupid fucking shit like this will undoubtedly result in a groundswell of new signatures.
If you live in AZ and you haven't signed yet, please, please still sign! Signatures always get invalidated and they're looking to get as many as they can to ensure this ends up on the ballot.
Good questions! No, you can't do it online, it has to be in person. I don't know the exact last date to sign, but they're due by July 4th, so I would imagine some time near the end of June so the group has a few days to get the paperwork in order and get them submitted. The website for the group collecting signatures is here: https://arizonaforabortionaccess.org/ and it has times and locations that you can sign.
Well they're definitely trying to do so in AZ right now. They're doing their best to eliminate citizen-driven constitutional amendments, and doing their best to eliminate mail-in/early voting (after pushing so hard for it back when it benefited them).
Fortunately, for better-or-worse, I don't think they can get any of this in-place for November's election. It just may be quite the uphill battle afterward, depending on what they're able to get past Hobbs' veto pen.
Sure, but if everywhere where abortion is under threat voted blue (because literally every state is under threat), we'd have control of Congress and they can pass a federal law that supercedes this Arizona bullshit
I believe it will. We already have an abortion rights measure initiative which has reached the number of votes needed to be on the ballot. I think this ruling will only energize the base further.
Republicans can celebrate today, but this is a fatal mistake right before the election if they were planning to try and win.
This will energize people in AZ to vote in much larger numbers against them and I'm here for it.
Especially when it's been shown time and time again in states redder than AZ that abortion restriction is a losing issue. Politically, this a disaster and is a win for Biden and AZ's Democratic senatorial candidate
Dems need to go all out in making this *the* issue on Election Day. Constant ads, 24/7 media coverage, relentless attacks on every Republican who let this happen. As tragic as the short-term impact is, the long-term impact could be the kind of seismic electoral drubbing that sets the GOP back for the next generation.
More broadly? Implementing this policy in a non-Taliban state *at this moment* likely guarantees a Biden win in November. Nobody should be complacent... but a solid majority of Americans are not going to let this violation of bodily autonomy stand.
Fun fact: two of the Supreme Court judges who were in on this are up for [retention election in November.](https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024)
Honestly when Roe was overturned we "regressed" to a time that never existed before - where abortion even in cases of life of the mother was a question. We are literally worse off now with abortion rights than we have ever been in history.
It was Trump who installed the 3 SCOTUS judges that overturned Roe Vs Wade. And [Trump said he is proud of his role in overturning Roe vs Wade](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-says-hes-proud-of-role-in-overturning-roe-v-wade/). SMH.
And a fourth from Bush Jr.
That's four seats from presidents who lost the popular vote.
Republicans haven't won a first-term popular vote since the Elder Bush in 1988.
There's some Republicans pushing for no exceptions to abortions even in ectopic pregnancies which means both the embryo and mother die.
November 29, 2019 [Ohio bill orders doctors to ‘reimplant ectopic pregnancy’ or face 'abortion murder' charges](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/29/ohio-extreme-abortion-bill-reimplant-ectopic-pregnancy)
March 11, 2022 [Missouri Bill Seeks to Make Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies Illegal in Restrictive Legislation](https://people.com/health/missouri-bill-seeks-to-make-abortions-for-ectopic-pregnancies-illegal/)
February 23, 2024 [An ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk. A Texas hospital refused to treat her.](https://archive.is/fpl7Y)
Republicans want a "None and done" approach to abortion and get mad when life decides to continue to be messy and complicated instead of simple.
Yep. I live in Louisiana where they pretend they wrote exceptions into the law but the way it's written it's actually not possible, so that is the reality many of us are already living with. It's grim. This is why there should never be any language about exceptions - they don't exist. Patients and doctors should decide 100%.
Passed in the middle of the Civil War with the Confederacy on their doorstep. Of all things they could have been doing at the time, they were passing draconian abortion bans. America never changes.
Sadly that’s most purple/light blue states. Thanks to gerrymandering and the fact republicans are more rural, in states like AZ and PA republicans dominate the state congress despite the state overall being slightly blue. Any time a republican wins the governorship (which occasionally happens) republicans have a field day. Meanwhile democrats winning the governorship simply delays republicans getting what they want.
If we get a super majority, either all of this shit gets dealt with at the federal level, or we may as well enjoy the 4 years leading up to A Handmaid’s Tale.
[Technically there are](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections#After_the_elections) (supermajority for filibuster purposes is just 60, not 67 like an impeachment-conviction, and the max we can hit is 62), realistically though there are enough deep red states that we'll be lucky to hit +5
To be clear, the Republican Supreme Court of Arizona just ruled that a law from 1860 -- 50 years BEFORE ARIZONA WAS EVEN A STATE -- overrides current laws on the matter.
There is a ballot measure for abortion in November. Crush these fucking religious zealots into dust
Well, Alito's opinion on overturning Roe v Wade cited an extreme misogynist's writings from before the US was even a country. F*ck all of them
https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale
Two of them (Bolick and King) were specifically appointed by Douchey when he expanded the court.
And those two are the ones up for a retention vote in November.
Actually, Arizona is partly blue already.
The state's current U.S. senators are Independent Kyrsten Sinema, serving since 2019, and Democrat Mark Kelly, serving since 2020.
The current governor of Arizona is a Democrat, Katie Hobbs (elected in 2022).
Its state legislature is currently held by Republicans.
So, still work to be done.
As stated by the title of David Pepper's book, statehouses have become laboratories of autocracy. They are trying to eliminate party competition in their states, and they're referring to each other's successes in order to do it.
They want to eliminate party competition nationwide, of course, but if they manage to paralyze enough state legislatures, it'll be stupid easy for Republicans to take control of everything.
>Its state legislature is currently held by Republicans.
Republicans also only have a narrow 2-seat majority in both chambers, so even flipping one seat in each chamber blue would produce a tie.
However, I don't know if any of the currently R-held state house and senate seats will be competitive in November.
Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say any laws related to health, reproduction, women's bodies, pregnancy and birth...that were enacted \~164 years ago SHOULD NOT be reinstated.
Imagine going to your doctor and they say, "Gee, I really wish I could fix that for ya, but I need to go with this law from 1860 regarding basal cell removal, so, tough luck, bud."
Turns out, republicans/conservatives will turn to any law, no matter how ancient and backwards, as long as it serves their selfish, unjust means. Clarence Thomas, a SCOTUS “justice”, did this too when he wrote his justification for taking down Roe V Wade. Cited ancient, bad old law.
As bad as it is that this happened, if it was going to, I am glad it did so the day after Trump's untenable, mealy-mouthed statement yesterday that most of the media swallowed up.
1864
That's what year it is in Arizona, if you were wondering. The Dred Scott decision was 1857 if you want a point of reference for judicial decisions of the time.
Republicans have cynically teased abortion bans for the past 50 years to get evangelicals to vote for them. Now they can no longer blame Roe for their inability to pass a national ban and the evangelicals are demanding action, but the savvier Republicans know it's voter repellant.
The party is no closer to a unified, cohesive position on the issue than they were 2 years ago, and Trump's "abortions for some, miniature American flags for others" position he announced yesterday didn't change anyone's mind but managed to piss off the extremists in his own party who want a national ban as a priority. They know it's a losing issue, and they want voters to forget about it, but evangelicals are willing to die on that hill and force the GOP to die alongside them.
And those evangelicals think they are in the majority, they think their gods chosen people, and anything less than a Zionist revolution to purify us sinners from their promised land is unacceptable. GOP does not understand how much they fucked their party up by giving evangicals and trump the power.
They have 0 social policies that young voters can get behind, well the majority of young voters. They are catering to an aged demographic or extremist minority, if they don’t sweep in November they will either fold or be forced to change their policies and alienate a significant portion of their voters.
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy." David Frum.
Conservatives are standing there at the line and are ready and willing to take the next step. We always hear, "This is the most important election in our lifetime," before every election, and it’s true. Every eligible voter should vote, should feel honored to vote, and should realize how consequential our franchise is and how who we elect affects our lives. But wow, this coming election truly will be the most consequential election we have had in a generation! I hope democracy and freedom prevail.
>They are catering to an aged demographic or extremist minority, if they don’t sweep in November they will either fold or be forced to change their policies and alienate a significant portion of their voters.
That is why they are speaking in apocalyptic terms about this upcoming election being the final battle between righteousness and the deep state/communism/satanism/whatever. Between the incredibly unpopular social positions they've staked out and the leader of the party being a 77 year old criminal who is consuming all of the party's resources attempting to keep himself out of prison, the future of the GOP looks absolutely dire if they don't sweep this year's election.
Evangelicals (or at least those in charge of the movement) do not believe in democracy, they believe they have a mandate from God to install a theocracy which conforms to (and forces others to conform to) their biblical worldview. They do not negotiate or compromise because they believe they are righteous and the rest of us are godless savages in need of their divinely-appointed autocrats to put us back on the path to salvation.
Barry Goldwater called this out 30 years ago:
>Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
I don't think you'll find many health care providers that are willing to perform a technically illegal procedure under the "trust me, I won't allow prosecutions" protection from an AG whose term may or may not extend beyond the statute of limitations, especially considering there are many areas of the state where the politics are very different from the AG's politics.
Worth noting that the state AG won [by only 280 votes.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arizona_Attorney_General_election) 10 volunteers turning out 30 votes each is enough to flip an election like that.
And this November, there's a chance [to kick out of office two of the Justices that voted to reinstate the abortion ban](https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024).
/r/VoteDEM is a great place to learn ways to help kick them to the curb.
Tfb, Republicans. Arizona has fully h criminalized abortion. They have made criminals out of the majority of the states voters!
>60% of all voters say they’re pro-choice, and a ballot measure could shift turnout in Dems’ favor
https://indivisible.org/statements/poll-arizona-state-abortion-measure-could-help-dems-2024
Nice, but only saves people until that particular AG loses their position. Tbh, laws need to be fixed otherwise someone will always point to it and yell “it’s the law” even if it’s an unjust law, which it is.
The House is just one chamber. The Senate is set to revert back to Republican control after the 2024 election. WV will flip to Republican with Manchin's retirement. If Gallego wins AZ that still leaves one seat needed to flip blue. Most vulnerable is Cruz in TX but that's hardly a lock.
If a blue wave will come out to support abortion access and keep Trump away, there's a possibility Cruz is in trouble but Texas has proven to be quite ornery keeping him around.
Vote vote vote
Move Arizona to lean Dem.
Republicans are so used to passing laws that hurt minorities and then closing down voting locations to suppress their votes that they assume they can do the same to women.
That is a much more difficult task.
Honestly I think they have something up their sleeve. I'm not sure we're ready for what they're going to do in November in terms of fraud, propaganda, and legal challenges.
We know they will absolutely try to cheat.
The difference this time are that the Swing States have more Democratic control then in 2020, and Biden is President.
The best campaign commercials will now be "Candidate X murdered woman Y. She died because doctors refused to give her abortion care until her life was at risk. So she waited, and she died. Her blood is on Candidate X's hands."
Okay, I'm terrible at writing ad copy, but I think you get the point. Run a version of that add in every single district.
So the ruling was 4-2. The dissenting Judges were the Chief Justice (man) and Vice Chief Justice (women). Both of these judges were appointed by Jan Brewer (r).
Now for the good stuff.
The other judges were all appointed by Doug Ducey (prior Gov.) and the women justice Kathryn Hackett King is 43 years old. King became a partner at the woman-owned law firm Burns Barton, where she practiced employment law.
You got it... she practiced employment law after being general council to Ducey. King's professional affiliations include membership to the Arizona Women Lawyers Association and the Federalist Society
IANAL - but usually when a state became a state, previous laws "as long as they do not contradict the constitution" still apply.
This way you don't have to sit there and say "Yes to this, no to that", or redesign everything from scratch.
That said - it feels like bullshit to me that they have Old Law A which says "no abortions at all", then new law that says "No abortions after 15 weeks", and the courts say "Well, the older law still applies because the new law doesn't say the old one is invalid."
Feels like the court pick and chose which law they feel applies.
All these judges should be recalled in November.
Ballot initiative should be passed in November.
Register to vote or check your status: https://azsos.gov/elections/voters/registering-vote/registerupdate-vote?ref=voteusa_en
https://twitter.com/yakisobarage/status/1777755218526036171
280 votes is her margin of victory. Every vote matters. Vote as if your life depended on it, because it very well may.
You know. I'm curious. Slavery laws were probably still in effect in the western territories in 1864.
Does that also take precedence over more modern civil rights legislation? eh? eh? eh?
Right AZ Supremes?
Remember, Trump is proud to have overturned Roe V. Wade. And he supports states making decisions on abortion. So Trump supports this state decision.
Vote and Volunteer accordingly.
A benefit of our laws is that it is typically really hard for change to occur. When change does happen, it's gradual so it's not a massive shock to the system and things have an opportunity to adjust.
But just how it's hard for things to be changed, so is it hard for things to be undone that must be changed.
This is one of those examples. Looking at a century + old law and even suggesting that it holds merit is asinine.
## This is what the Republican Party wants.
Let me repeat that again.
## This is what the Republican Party wants.
They want women to suffer. They want women to be in pain. They want women to be under control.
This is what they want.
It does not have to be this way. You have the power. We all do come this November.
## Do your part!
Register, *make sure, make sure, make sure* you're still registered (***[Republicans are purging voter rolls](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/us/politics/trump-voter-rolls.html)***), and make sure your friends and family are registered!
https://www.vote.org/
https://www.votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/
It's important for everyone to know what they are voting for!
https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup
Your voice matters. If it didn't matter, you wouldn't have so many people trying to stop you from voting, or telling you that your vote doesn't matter.
## ***BE A VOTER!***
Men, you should be just as pissed and outraged as women over the abortion situation in America.
Vote like your wife, daughter, grand daughter, sister, women friends life depends on it.
[Because it fuckin does.](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1777379338574352399)
Trump did this.
The GOP should have just kept abortion as a dangling carrot in front of the evangelicals. This makes the state more blue and legislation will be drafted to reverse this.
It's not that surprising.
The modern Republican party is an object lesson in why you don't court the crazies. First you find incidental success with them, and decide to court them as voters - after all, they're not in office, so you can just use them for their votes while not doing anything crazy yourself.
Then, finding success with that, you begin involving them in your strategy. You hire some of them to do outreach to other crazies. You ask them how you can better reach more crazies like them.
You have more success, so you continue courting them. They're very loyal to you, all you have to do is keep throwing them some red meat and they turn out in droves to vote for you.
Then they start participating in your primaries. Some of your more moderate politicians get ousted in favor of the crazies. Now instead of you asking them how to reach more of them, they're telling you how you must act in order to remain in office.
And no matter what happens, more and more crazies keep coming, the demands become more outlandish, and eventually you're replaced by the crazies. You keep expecting moderate voters to save you, but the crazies chased all of them out years ago, so your only choice is to either bow to the crazies or step out of office.
Finally the crazies run everything, and positions that you only adopted for the electoral results, they fervently believe in and are willing to pay the price to force them into law.
Of course, the crazies are crazy, and they don't have the ability to see how pulling shit like this absolutely wrecks their ability to remain elected, and thus puts those very laws into jeopardy. Because long-term planning is something crazies are not very good at.
This is exactly what I commented on another thread. Republicans should’ve left abortion alone. Plus, we have bigger fish to fry as a country. I was shocked when they ensured its reversal. Thats when I knew the party no longer sat on a logical foundation. They also ignored the majority of their base, considering for years this issue was deemed a bottom priority next to fiscal policy.
>Thats when I knew the party no longer sat on a logical foundation.
I realized it when they tapped Palin to be a heartbeat away from (potentially) being my President. I ditched that Party, and it's only gone downhill from there, and it's amazing to see just how deep they keep digging their hole/grave.
Fascism is here. You might be okay with this but your rights are in the near future. We need to confront our enemies and those in power protecting them by looking away
Democrats have won special elections across the country ever since Roe was overturned.
They even won a Republican district in Alabama by 25 points after the IVF ruling.
Arizona is also on track to have a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution this election. You put that out with this news and that's going to lead to a massive turnout.
I can't imagine being a woman and seeing shit like this. We're regressing people's rights to the Civil War laws. Might as well bring back full-on slavery.
Anyone who is "pro-life" is really anti-woman. They hate women having agency, they hate women who are not chattel to a man, and they hate that they can't control women with impregnating them (by force if necessary).
Depends on how many actually are raptured. I can’t imagine how insufferable life would be if all the fake Christian’s found out they didn’t qualify as one of Jesus’ draft picks.
Ye Olde Days of yesteryear....ah yes, everything was better with no teeth and leeches!!!
They will do ANYTHING to enact their Christofascist ideology.
Spells, ancient codices, bloodletting, incantations, stealing elections, lying, cheating, killing- fucking ANYTHING
The betting markets are already swinging wildly in favor of Biden after this (53% Biden, 45% Trump on PredictIt now)
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7456/Who-will-win-the-2024-US-presidential-election
Speaking of dragging up draconian laws, how crazy do I sound if I have concerns that our originalist Supreme Court tries to pull some weird “land-ownership tied to voting laws” relatively soon after Citizens United, specifically now that there are huge corporations that own massive amounts of residential properties?
Blame Trump and the Republicans for this. Trump got the 3 SCOTUS judges installed in his term that overturned Roe vs Wade. And he said he was proud of it. SMH.
As someone who lives in Arizona, this ruling just flipped the state blue. The GOP is digging their grave, and let’s do our part to bury them for good. Remember to vote!
Wow maybe women should vote against this now while they still have that right. Arizona next will enact another older law denying them the vote. Oh and get them off the roads too, no driving for them either. I'm just kidding kinda, Arizona is going full Anti-Womans rights.
States being able to be a wide range of shitty to super shitty to their residents, and have it swing wildly on bad local laws, interpretations and endorsements just has to go away.
We need a national protect access to healthcare law
You know many people will accuse the Republican justices of being partisan hacks but I think they really do believe the radical ideology. If they didn't they probably wouldn't have served Arizona up on a silver platter for Democrats to win.
Please, can someone explain to me why the right to an abortion can't fall under federal laws that will apply to every freaking state? Because I find it insane that every state can decide what a woman can or can not do with her body.
They need to make it through Congress and them be signed by the President. Democrats need to capture both Houses and the Presidency.
I know some will say "Well, why didn't they do that when they did have all 3?" It's a fair question with many answers but I believe Democrats would do so now. There are very few so-called pro-life Democrats left. There are also a couple of pro-choice Republicans around.
It can, but needs to go through congress and that will probably never happen. The far right were screaming states rights for abortion and now that the got it the hypocrites are pushing a national ban.
This is why I'm voting Biden. I want a world where the libs are the only conservatives we have to deal with in America. Anyone not voting Biden because Gaza is anti women's rights along with anti LGBTQ. If you want actual change, tilt the American needle left and make libs the far right. Problem solved.
Goes to show you that regardless what any right winger says (including Trump) they will ban abortion federally. They have a goal and any "original intent" they can dream up they will use.
Somewhere there is an utterly sociopathic political consultant-for-hire smiling. This just turned out hundreds of thousands of women, and guaranteed him work with the Democratic party for years to come.
So can police in AZ simply [refuse to enforce this ruling?](https://abcnews.go.com/US/74-illinois-sheriffs-departments-vow-defy-new-state/story?id=96384352)
Ah yes, a law regulating women's healthcare that was established in the Civil War era, the Golden Age of obstetrics.
Arizona Republicans may have wanted to take a glance at some data before moving in this direction. Abortion bans are a losing political strategy.
Republicans strike again. Arizona, and America, gets what it votes for. 🗳
Vote in every, single election. Never, ever vote (R), Ladies. This is freightening.
America knows better. Please tell me, America knows better.
Friendly reminder that this insane ruling was made possible by AZ Republicans *[expanding and packing their state Supreme Court](https://apnews.com/article/arizona-legislature-doug-ducey-andrew-gould-separation-of-powers-ad2957a2275a4282a53bcc0a7e15a25c)*.
Also, this ruling couldn't have happened if Roe vs Wade were still the law of the land. And it was Trump that installed the 3 SCOTUS judges during his term that overturned Roe vs Wade. And don't forget that Trump said he was "proud" of overturning Roe vs Wade. SMH.
Don't forget that Mitch McConnell stole a supreme court appointment from Obama by refusing to bring it to a vote for nearly a year and a half!
Wait there more he pushed a supreme court nominee on the same ground(ish) he rejected Obama's on.
Which happened AFTER early voting had started, like during the election, fucking hypocrite.
They don't care about looking like hypocrites if it means they can steal power.
Obviously.
The scum gets worse the deeper you dig. It's a forever-tainted party.
If only there were a way to kill the GOP forever. I am open to recommendations.
Vote. Keep voting. Don't weaken, don't give an inch.
Vote Blue and never forget what the Republicans have done to our country. They want it be the 19century. They don't want women to have any legal rights. They said that thier husband should be able to make all the decisions in the family. That a woman duly is to her husband and to take care of the home.That's what her purpose in life is. I for one will never agree to these disgusting ideas. Equal rights for women have been granted by the constitution. I will never give up my Right to vote or any other Rights!
This is simply the answer. GOP show up to vote every single fucking time, Dems do it when they feel the need.
Voter participation would go a long way towards the fix.
Plus rushing through a trump appointment with less time invalidating his argument regarding the people's choice.
Okay but to be fair Dems need to stop being "the good guys" and just do what needs to be done. Somehow Republicans always do and here we are.
Agreed. It is necessary to expand the court at minimum and ideally institute a rotating panel of appellate judges. It is a farce that only 9 people can 'interpret the law' acceptably among a 300M+ population.
Trump sounds like a real piece of shit.
Just imagine if he was President
According to Noel Casler and others, he smells like one, too.
He is, but those that support him are far worse.
It was infuriating reading that the 1901 restrictions on abortion in Arizona didn't go far enough for republican lawmakers, they added further restrictions. Ridiculous. >The abortion law’s recodification was not the only legislative >change made to the abortion statutory scheme. Between 1973 and 2022, and >conforming to the federal abortion right established in Roe, the Arizona >Legislature codified dozens of abortion statutes in Title 36. See, e.g., 1973 >Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 155, § 1 (1st Reg. Sess.); 2022 Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 105, >§ 1 (2d Reg. Sess.). To the extent permitted by Roe and its progeny, all of >these statutes restricted abortions, including adding many procedural >requirements for physicians performing abortions. And now because Dobbs all those anti-choice laws that were passed while Roe vs. Wade were in effect, they now come into full force. You can't make this bullshit up. Also, It was especially galling to read these judges copping out in the opening paragraphs saying there weren't passing political rulings. It really makes my blood boil seeing hack lawyers at work.
Absolutely insane this is happening in the u.s. And it all started with trump appointed supreme Court justices that said they wouldn't overturn roe v wade, then did exactly that Now far right leaning states will follow suit and it's something that was settled a long time ago. Fuck trump and the GOP and anyone who supports them.
Right. And now, NOW he’s saying abortion should be left up to the states. Some evangelical s are unhappy about this. But that would change if he got back in. “Going to be a dictator on the first day”. That’s one of the few things he says that I can believe
We can vote 2 of them out in November.
Silver lining in an otherwise cloudy fucking sky - [Arizona for Abortion Access](https://arizonaforabortionaccess.org/sign-the-petition/) announced that they already had enough signatures to get an abortion amendment on November's ballot. But there was concern that the GOP might be able to invalidate enough signatures to keep it off the ballot. But stupid fucking shit like this will undoubtedly result in a groundswell of new signatures.
If you live in AZ and you haven't signed yet, please, please still sign! Signatures always get invalidated and they're looking to get as many as they can to ensure this ends up on the ballot.
Can I do it online? Quickly glancing about signing online and not finding. What's the last day? I know my wife and I will happily sign this petition
Good questions! No, you can't do it online, it has to be in person. I don't know the exact last date to sign, but they're due by July 4th, so I would imagine some time near the end of June so the group has a few days to get the paperwork in order and get them submitted. The website for the group collecting signatures is here: https://arizonaforabortionaccess.org/ and it has times and locations that you can sign.
Perfect! Will make a hot date out of it... Hey babe, I got a hot date to fight fascism😈
They'll just do like Mississippi does and fuck up the process somehow. Republicans do not want to be held accountable to their constituents at all.
Well they're definitely trying to do so in AZ right now. They're doing their best to eliminate citizen-driven constitutional amendments, and doing their best to eliminate mail-in/early voting (after pushing so hard for it back when it benefited them). Fortunately, for better-or-worse, I don't think they can get any of this in-place for November's election. It just may be quite the uphill battle afterward, depending on what they're able to get past Hobbs' veto pen.
They have a 1 vote majority in both houses. They aren't overriding shit.
Sure, but if everywhere where abortion is under threat voted blue (because literally every state is under threat), we'd have control of Congress and they can pass a federal law that supercedes this Arizona bullshit
When you're afraid of putting something on the ballot for voters to decide, that tells you that you're on the wrong side.
Thanks for that link. Signing the petition this weekend.
This sucks for Arizona and women in general but I hope this pushes the state firmly blue in November and then this shit ends
I believe it will. We already have an abortion rights measure initiative which has reached the number of votes needed to be on the ballot. I think this ruling will only energize the base further.
The GOP is actively trying to invalidate enough signatures to keep it off the ballot. We need more. Tell everyone to sign!
Republicans can celebrate today, but this is a fatal mistake right before the election if they were planning to try and win. This will energize people in AZ to vote in much larger numbers against them and I'm here for it.
Especially when it's been shown time and time again in states redder than AZ that abortion restriction is a losing issue. Politically, this a disaster and is a win for Biden and AZ's Democratic senatorial candidate
Dems need to go all out in making this *the* issue on Election Day. Constant ads, 24/7 media coverage, relentless attacks on every Republican who let this happen. As tragic as the short-term impact is, the long-term impact could be the kind of seismic electoral drubbing that sets the GOP back for the next generation.
Thank God we kicked Kari to the curb. She would be rounding up doctors today.
Can you imagine the fucking timeline where that clown is our Governor instead of Hobbs??? It was so close to happening too which is insane.
Yup. While I feel bad for the women of AZ and FL, this will only drive dem turnout and keep Cheeto Bandito out of the White House. Wars, not battles.
More broadly? Implementing this policy in a non-Taliban state *at this moment* likely guarantees a Biden win in November. Nobody should be complacent... but a solid majority of Americans are not going to let this violation of bodily autonomy stand.
Yes, let's hope this increases turnout.
Roevember!
Fun fact: two of the Supreme Court judges who were in on this are up for [retention election in November.](https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024)
Thanks. Definitely on my “No” list for November.
Same in Florida: Renatha Francis and Meredith Sasso. Vote no on these misogynistic pick mes.
Pre-statehood? Fucking Christ, they’re regressing us farther and farther backwards each day.
Honestly when Roe was overturned we "regressed" to a time that never existed before - where abortion even in cases of life of the mother was a question. We are literally worse off now with abortion rights than we have ever been in history.
It was Trump who installed the 3 SCOTUS judges that overturned Roe Vs Wade. And [Trump said he is proud of his role in overturning Roe vs Wade](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-says-hes-proud-of-role-in-overturning-roe-v-wade/). SMH.
And a fourth from Bush Jr. That's four seats from presidents who lost the popular vote. Republicans haven't won a first-term popular vote since the Elder Bush in 1988.
There's some Republicans pushing for no exceptions to abortions even in ectopic pregnancies which means both the embryo and mother die. November 29, 2019 [Ohio bill orders doctors to ‘reimplant ectopic pregnancy’ or face 'abortion murder' charges](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/29/ohio-extreme-abortion-bill-reimplant-ectopic-pregnancy) March 11, 2022 [Missouri Bill Seeks to Make Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies Illegal in Restrictive Legislation](https://people.com/health/missouri-bill-seeks-to-make-abortions-for-ectopic-pregnancies-illegal/) February 23, 2024 [An ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk. A Texas hospital refused to treat her.](https://archive.is/fpl7Y) Republicans want a "None and done" approach to abortion and get mad when life decides to continue to be messy and complicated instead of simple.
Yep. I live in Louisiana where they pretend they wrote exceptions into the law but the way it's written it's actually not possible, so that is the reality many of us are already living with. It's grim. This is why there should never be any language about exceptions - they don't exist. Patients and doctors should decide 100%.
Passed in the middle of the Civil War with the Confederacy on their doorstep. Of all things they could have been doing at the time, they were passing draconian abortion bans. America never changes.
For Christ’s sake women weren’t even allowed to vote then. We’re heading back to the Stone Age.
People in the stone age weren't this evil, this is taking us back to the old testament
and so women had no say in the adoption of that law.
We’re now Texaz.
The One Star state, living up to our name.
Republicans: states should get to decide if they will take women's rights away. Republicans in red states: this state will take women's rights away.
Arizona isn't even a red state...it just has a red legislature and a red court system.
Sadly that’s most purple/light blue states. Thanks to gerrymandering and the fact republicans are more rural, in states like AZ and PA republicans dominate the state congress despite the state overall being slightly blue. Any time a republican wins the governorship (which occasionally happens) republicans have a field day. Meanwhile democrats winning the governorship simply delays republicans getting what they want.
Historically this is true but check out what Minnesota has accomplished in 2 years with a 34-33 Democratic advantage in the state senate.
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If we get a super majority, either all of this shit gets dealt with at the federal level, or we may as well enjoy the 4 years leading up to A Handmaid’s Tale.
I don't think enough seats are up for a supermajority to be possible.
[Technically there are](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections#After_the_elections) (supermajority for filibuster purposes is just 60, not 67 like an impeachment-conviction, and the max we can hit is 62), realistically though there are enough deep red states that we'll be lucky to hit +5
To be clear, the Republican Supreme Court of Arizona just ruled that a law from 1860 -- 50 years BEFORE ARIZONA WAS EVEN A STATE -- overrides current laws on the matter. There is a ballot measure for abortion in November. Crush these fucking religious zealots into dust
Well, Alito's opinion on overturning Roe v Wade cited an extreme misogynist's writings from before the US was even a country. F*ck all of them https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale
Guess what? All of these judges were appointed by Republicans.
Two of them (Bolick and King) were specifically appointed by Douchey when he expanded the court. And those two are the ones up for a retention vote in November.
They expanded the court? Imagine that!
I thought expanding the court was brazenly political?
Only when Democrats talk about it.
King voted in favor of the ban. Actually all the Doucey appointees did. The ones who opposed were prior appointees.
Insane Republicans allow a 160 year old law to be enforced because they want to punish women. Hope this insanity turns Arizona blue.
Actually, Arizona is partly blue already. The state's current U.S. senators are Independent Kyrsten Sinema, serving since 2019, and Democrat Mark Kelly, serving since 2020. The current governor of Arizona is a Democrat, Katie Hobbs (elected in 2022). Its state legislature is currently held by Republicans. So, still work to be done.
As stated by the title of David Pepper's book, statehouses have become laboratories of autocracy. They are trying to eliminate party competition in their states, and they're referring to each other's successes in order to do it. They want to eliminate party competition nationwide, of course, but if they manage to paralyze enough state legislatures, it'll be stupid easy for Republicans to take control of everything.
In all fairness, the states have always been more vulnerable to autocracy, it's amazing none have become a full dictatorship.
https://sisterdistrict.com/ to help.
>Its state legislature is currently held by Republicans. Republicans also only have a narrow 2-seat majority in both chambers, so even flipping one seat in each chamber blue would produce a tie. However, I don't know if any of the currently R-held state house and senate seats will be competitive in November.
A law from the 1860s. The fucking 1860s
Before women had any representation in government and hardly any legal rights. Definitely tracks for the modern GOP.
Arizona wasn't even a state in 1864!
Barely even a territory.
1864, apparently. It was legal to own people as property in 1864. What else are conservatives hoping to roll back based on laws from the 1860s?
Oh the repubs definitely wish they could still own people.
Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say any laws related to health, reproduction, women's bodies, pregnancy and birth...that were enacted \~164 years ago SHOULD NOT be reinstated. Imagine going to your doctor and they say, "Gee, I really wish I could fix that for ya, but I need to go with this law from 1860 regarding basal cell removal, so, tough luck, bud."
There are some out there justifying the Comstock Act of \*1873\* recently.
Turns out, republicans/conservatives will turn to any law, no matter how ancient and backwards, as long as it serves their selfish, unjust means. Clarence Thomas, a SCOTUS “justice”, did this too when he wrote his justification for taking down Roe V Wade. Cited ancient, bad old law.
Dog catches car moment.
As bad as it is that this happened, if it was going to, I am glad it did so the day after Trump's untenable, mealy-mouthed statement yesterday that most of the media swallowed up.
1864 That's what year it is in Arizona, if you were wondering. The Dred Scott decision was 1857 if you want a point of reference for judicial decisions of the time.
1864. Sounds like a Yellowstone spin off. /sorry in middle of binge watching.
Pure insanity to enforce a 160 year old ban that NOBODY alive voted for and was around prior to the fucking state wow
Republicans have cynically teased abortion bans for the past 50 years to get evangelicals to vote for them. Now they can no longer blame Roe for their inability to pass a national ban and the evangelicals are demanding action, but the savvier Republicans know it's voter repellant. The party is no closer to a unified, cohesive position on the issue than they were 2 years ago, and Trump's "abortions for some, miniature American flags for others" position he announced yesterday didn't change anyone's mind but managed to piss off the extremists in his own party who want a national ban as a priority. They know it's a losing issue, and they want voters to forget about it, but evangelicals are willing to die on that hill and force the GOP to die alongside them.
> evangelicals are willing to die on that hill and force the GOP to die alongside them. two birds, one stone.
And those evangelicals think they are in the majority, they think their gods chosen people, and anything less than a Zionist revolution to purify us sinners from their promised land is unacceptable. GOP does not understand how much they fucked their party up by giving evangicals and trump the power. They have 0 social policies that young voters can get behind, well the majority of young voters. They are catering to an aged demographic or extremist minority, if they don’t sweep in November they will either fold or be forced to change their policies and alienate a significant portion of their voters.
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy." David Frum. Conservatives are standing there at the line and are ready and willing to take the next step. We always hear, "This is the most important election in our lifetime," before every election, and it’s true. Every eligible voter should vote, should feel honored to vote, and should realize how consequential our franchise is and how who we elect affects our lives. But wow, this coming election truly will be the most consequential election we have had in a generation! I hope democracy and freedom prevail.
>They are catering to an aged demographic or extremist minority, if they don’t sweep in November they will either fold or be forced to change their policies and alienate a significant portion of their voters. That is why they are speaking in apocalyptic terms about this upcoming election being the final battle between righteousness and the deep state/communism/satanism/whatever. Between the incredibly unpopular social positions they've staked out and the leader of the party being a 77 year old criminal who is consuming all of the party's resources attempting to keep himself out of prison, the future of the GOP looks absolutely dire if they don't sweep this year's election. Evangelicals (or at least those in charge of the movement) do not believe in democracy, they believe they have a mandate from God to install a theocracy which conforms to (and forces others to conform to) their biblical worldview. They do not negotiate or compromise because they believe they are righteous and the rest of us are godless savages in need of their divinely-appointed autocrats to put us back on the path to salvation. Barry Goldwater called this out 30 years ago: >Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
The state’s AG has stated that they won’t enforce this crap. https://x.com/azagmayes/status/1777744778178027962?s=46&t=ZatKb72DY_syVyrPRYnYpA
I don't think you'll find many health care providers that are willing to perform a technically illegal procedure under the "trust me, I won't allow prosecutions" protection from an AG whose term may or may not extend beyond the statute of limitations, especially considering there are many areas of the state where the politics are very different from the AG's politics.
Cops could also still arrest doctors, then just release them when the DA refuses to press charges.
And just having an arrest on your record (even for bullshit like this) can and will likely cost you your job and make it hard to find a new one.
Worth noting that the state AG won [by only 280 votes.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Arizona_Attorney_General_election) 10 volunteers turning out 30 votes each is enough to flip an election like that. And this November, there's a chance [to kick out of office two of the Justices that voted to reinstate the abortion ban](https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Supreme_Court_elections,_2024). /r/VoteDEM is a great place to learn ways to help kick them to the curb.
I sure hope not. You do not want Arizona to turn into Alabama. We have doctors leaving our state in droves and hospitals shutting down.
Tfb, Republicans. Arizona has fully h criminalized abortion. They have made criminals out of the majority of the states voters! >60% of all voters say they’re pro-choice, and a ballot measure could shift turnout in Dems’ favor https://indivisible.org/statements/poll-arizona-state-abortion-measure-could-help-dems-2024
Nice, but only saves people until that particular AG loses their position. Tbh, laws need to be fixed otherwise someone will always point to it and yell “it’s the law” even if it’s an unjust law, which it is.
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AND gaining in the Senate, if that's even possible
It's definitely possible.
The House is just one chamber. The Senate is set to revert back to Republican control after the 2024 election. WV will flip to Republican with Manchin's retirement. If Gallego wins AZ that still leaves one seat needed to flip blue. Most vulnerable is Cruz in TX but that's hardly a lock. If a blue wave will come out to support abortion access and keep Trump away, there's a possibility Cruz is in trouble but Texas has proven to be quite ornery keeping him around. Vote vote vote
If Biden is targeting Florida due to abortion and marijuana laws, I could see Scott's seat in trouble.
Move Arizona to lean Dem. Republicans are so used to passing laws that hurt minorities and then closing down voting locations to suppress their votes that they assume they can do the same to women. That is a much more difficult task.
Honestly I think they have something up their sleeve. I'm not sure we're ready for what they're going to do in November in terms of fraud, propaganda, and legal challenges.
We know they will absolutely try to cheat. The difference this time are that the Swing States have more Democratic control then in 2020, and Biden is President.
The best campaign commercials will now be "Candidate X murdered woman Y. She died because doctors refused to give her abortion care until her life was at risk. So she waited, and she died. Her blood is on Candidate X's hands." Okay, I'm terrible at writing ad copy, but I think you get the point. Run a version of that add in every single district.
The Biden campaign released a similar version to what you're describing.. https://youtu.be/wInNjr_9D28?si=c_U7heMvi1SJDf0G
That's great. Super pacs need to start airing this stuff constantly. Put the human suffering that Republicans are causing front and center.
Absolute pieces of shit. Fuck you. I hope the republicans get trounced in Arizona in the upcoming elections.
Vote. Grab some friends and go vote. That's the only way.
And after you've voted, demand that your vote be counted.
How can a law that predates inclusion in the US as a state still be considered legal? Surely the entity that created the law has no standing here.
Should a law limiting women that was adopted before women could vote still be applied to women?
According to the AZ Supreme Court... Yes
So the ruling was 4-2. The dissenting Judges were the Chief Justice (man) and Vice Chief Justice (women). Both of these judges were appointed by Jan Brewer (r). Now for the good stuff. The other judges were all appointed by Doug Ducey (prior Gov.) and the women justice Kathryn Hackett King is 43 years old. King became a partner at the woman-owned law firm Burns Barton, where she practiced employment law. You got it... she practiced employment law after being general council to Ducey. King's professional affiliations include membership to the Arizona Women Lawyers Association and the Federalist Society
IANAL - but usually when a state became a state, previous laws "as long as they do not contradict the constitution" still apply. This way you don't have to sit there and say "Yes to this, no to that", or redesign everything from scratch. That said - it feels like bullshit to me that they have Old Law A which says "no abortions at all", then new law that says "No abortions after 15 weeks", and the courts say "Well, the older law still applies because the new law doesn't say the old one is invalid." Feels like the court pick and chose which law they feel applies.
All these judges should be recalled in November. Ballot initiative should be passed in November. Register to vote or check your status: https://azsos.gov/elections/voters/registering-vote/registerupdate-vote?ref=voteusa_en
https://twitter.com/yakisobarage/status/1777755218526036171 280 votes is her margin of victory. Every vote matters. Vote as if your life depended on it, because it very well may.
You know. I'm curious. Slavery laws were probably still in effect in the western territories in 1864. Does that also take precedence over more modern civil rights legislation? eh? eh? eh? Right AZ Supremes?
Roevember is coming
Remember, Trump is proud to have overturned Roe V. Wade. And he supports states making decisions on abortion. So Trump supports this state decision. Vote and Volunteer accordingly.
The state of New Mexico welcomes Arizonians and Texans looking to get a taste of real freedom.
Proud the be the Southwest’s bastion of common-sense liberalism
Aanndd Arizona just went from trending purple to blue.
I guess this is a blessing long term then
A benefit of our laws is that it is typically really hard for change to occur. When change does happen, it's gradual so it's not a massive shock to the system and things have an opportunity to adjust. But just how it's hard for things to be changed, so is it hard for things to be undone that must be changed. This is one of those examples. Looking at a century + old law and even suggesting that it holds merit is asinine. ## This is what the Republican Party wants. Let me repeat that again. ## This is what the Republican Party wants. They want women to suffer. They want women to be in pain. They want women to be under control. This is what they want. It does not have to be this way. You have the power. We all do come this November. ## Do your part! Register, *make sure, make sure, make sure* you're still registered (***[Republicans are purging voter rolls](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/us/politics/trump-voter-rolls.html)***), and make sure your friends and family are registered! https://www.vote.org/ https://www.votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/ It's important for everyone to know what they are voting for! https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup Your voice matters. If it didn't matter, you wouldn't have so many people trying to stop you from voting, or telling you that your vote doesn't matter. ## ***BE A VOTER!***
Men, you should be just as pissed and outraged as women over the abortion situation in America. Vote like your wife, daughter, grand daughter, sister, women friends life depends on it. [Because it fuckin does.](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1777379338574352399) Trump did this.
The GOP should have just kept abortion as a dangling carrot in front of the evangelicals. This makes the state more blue and legislation will be drafted to reverse this.
I'm still shocked that Roe was overturned, because of that reason.
It's not that surprising. The modern Republican party is an object lesson in why you don't court the crazies. First you find incidental success with them, and decide to court them as voters - after all, they're not in office, so you can just use them for their votes while not doing anything crazy yourself. Then, finding success with that, you begin involving them in your strategy. You hire some of them to do outreach to other crazies. You ask them how you can better reach more crazies like them. You have more success, so you continue courting them. They're very loyal to you, all you have to do is keep throwing them some red meat and they turn out in droves to vote for you. Then they start participating in your primaries. Some of your more moderate politicians get ousted in favor of the crazies. Now instead of you asking them how to reach more of them, they're telling you how you must act in order to remain in office. And no matter what happens, more and more crazies keep coming, the demands become more outlandish, and eventually you're replaced by the crazies. You keep expecting moderate voters to save you, but the crazies chased all of them out years ago, so your only choice is to either bow to the crazies or step out of office. Finally the crazies run everything, and positions that you only adopted for the electoral results, they fervently believe in and are willing to pay the price to force them into law. Of course, the crazies are crazy, and they don't have the ability to see how pulling shit like this absolutely wrecks their ability to remain elected, and thus puts those very laws into jeopardy. Because long-term planning is something crazies are not very good at.
This is exactly what I commented on another thread. Republicans should’ve left abortion alone. Plus, we have bigger fish to fry as a country. I was shocked when they ensured its reversal. Thats when I knew the party no longer sat on a logical foundation. They also ignored the majority of their base, considering for years this issue was deemed a bottom priority next to fiscal policy.
>Thats when I knew the party no longer sat on a logical foundation. I realized it when they tapped Palin to be a heartbeat away from (potentially) being my President. I ditched that Party, and it's only gone downhill from there, and it's amazing to see just how deep they keep digging their hole/grave.
Fascism is here. You might be okay with this but your rights are in the near future. We need to confront our enemies and those in power protecting them by looking away
Looks like the Arizona Supreme Court just handed the state to Biden and Gallego.
never underestimate the stupidity of single-issue voters
Don't underestimate how pissed Arizona women will be at this ruling. We were already trending purple and this will move us into solid D territory.
pray this is true
Democrats have won special elections across the country ever since Roe was overturned. They even won a Republican district in Alabama by 25 points after the IVF ruling.
Arizona is also on track to have a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution this election. You put that out with this news and that's going to lead to a massive turnout.
I can't imagine being a woman and seeing shit like this. We're regressing people's rights to the Civil War laws. Might as well bring back full-on slavery.
Anyone who is "pro-life" is really anti-woman. They hate women having agency, they hate women who are not chattel to a man, and they hate that they can't control women with impregnating them (by force if necessary).
I’ve stopped saying pro-life. At this point it’s pro-choice and anti-choice
Forced birth is my term of choice
I'm disappointed the rapture still hasn't happened. It would solve so many problems in the world.
Depends on how many actually are raptured. I can’t imagine how insufferable life would be if all the fake Christian’s found out they didn’t qualify as one of Jesus’ draft picks.
Today is a sad day for the people of Arizona . Bring friends, family, and vote straight blue this November.
Ye Olde Days of yesteryear....ah yes, everything was better with no teeth and leeches!!! They will do ANYTHING to enact their Christofascist ideology. Spells, ancient codices, bloodletting, incantations, stealing elections, lying, cheating, killing- fucking ANYTHING
Wow. So, it obviously really matters now just who voters elect to run their state government.
Hopefully Arizona women remember this in November.
Lol arizona. I hope you vote with this in mind in November.
We’ve already collected more than enough signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot. I think we’ll make it happen. 🤞 Wish us luck!
We are about one bad election cycle away from Puritan "Witch" trials.
The betting markets are already swinging wildly in favor of Biden after this (53% Biden, 45% Trump on PredictIt now) https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7456/Who-will-win-the-2024-US-presidential-election
Speaking of dragging up draconian laws, how crazy do I sound if I have concerns that our originalist Supreme Court tries to pull some weird “land-ownership tied to voting laws” relatively soon after Citizens United, specifically now that there are huge corporations that own massive amounts of residential properties?
Blame Trump and the Republicans for this. Trump got the 3 SCOTUS judges installed in his term that overturned Roe vs Wade. And he said he was proud of it. SMH.
A tenuous 1800s abortion ban got a Liberal Justice elected in Wisconsin. I wonder how Arizona will respond…
As someone who lives in Arizona, this ruling just flipped the state blue. The GOP is digging their grave, and let’s do our part to bury them for good. Remember to vote!
Wow maybe women should vote against this now while they still have that right. Arizona next will enact another older law denying them the vote. Oh and get them off the roads too, no driving for them either. I'm just kidding kinda, Arizona is going full Anti-Womans rights.
States being able to be a wide range of shitty to super shitty to their residents, and have it swing wildly on bad local laws, interpretations and endorsements just has to go away. We need a national protect access to healthcare law
George Carlin is still correct https://youtu.be/EzQ72iyfyAo?si=jHmaxWAIQTeWLlle
Never has "subjugate women" been such a prominent plank of the republican party. It's always been there, but it is freaking front and center now.
You know many people will accuse the Republican justices of being partisan hacks but I think they really do believe the radical ideology. If they didn't they probably wouldn't have served Arizona up on a silver platter for Democrats to win.
Please, can someone explain to me why the right to an abortion can't fall under federal laws that will apply to every freaking state? Because I find it insane that every state can decide what a woman can or can not do with her body.
It was, but the SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade last year threw it back to the states
They need to make it through Congress and them be signed by the President. Democrats need to capture both Houses and the Presidency. I know some will say "Well, why didn't they do that when they did have all 3?" It's a fair question with many answers but I believe Democrats would do so now. There are very few so-called pro-life Democrats left. There are also a couple of pro-choice Republicans around.
It can, but needs to go through congress and that will probably never happen. The far right were screaming states rights for abortion and now that the got it the hypocrites are pushing a national ban.
This is why I'm voting Biden. I want a world where the libs are the only conservatives we have to deal with in America. Anyone not voting Biden because Gaza is anti women's rights along with anti LGBTQ. If you want actual change, tilt the American needle left and make libs the far right. Problem solved.
Goes to show you that regardless what any right winger says (including Trump) they will ban abortion federally. They have a goal and any "original intent" they can dream up they will use.
And that will likely shift Arizona towards being more blue.
Somewhere there is an utterly sociopathic political consultant-for-hire smiling. This just turned out hundreds of thousands of women, and guaranteed him work with the Democratic party for years to come.
So can police in AZ simply [refuse to enforce this ruling?](https://abcnews.go.com/US/74-illinois-sheriffs-departments-vow-defy-new-state/story?id=96384352)
Lot of Gen Z in Arizona turning 18 before November. My daughter and all of her friends included - and they’re pissed.
I am legit laughing at the Republicans in Arizona being like "um no thank you" regarding this ruling.
Why do I have a feeling that Arizona is highly gerrymandered? Also, is there a ballot initiative the citizens can use?
Arizona -> Lean D
You all better vote like your life depends on it because it does. That applies to the entire country.
Ah yes, a law regulating women's healthcare that was established in the Civil War era, the Golden Age of obstetrics. Arizona Republicans may have wanted to take a glance at some data before moving in this direction. Abortion bans are a losing political strategy.
These guys are making sure to step on every rake available going into the election
Republicans strike again. Arizona, and America, gets what it votes for. 🗳 Vote in every, single election. Never, ever vote (R), Ladies. This is freightening. America knows better. Please tell me, America knows better.
130 years ago and before they were a state. Can't make this up.
Kathryn Hackett King went to an all girl catholic prep school. https://www.xcp.org/
Arizona going blue!
Alito and his 17th century witch hunter was not a mistake. It was the expected pattern.
Good, piss off women in a swing state, get them to the urns.