Biden allies tie Arizona abortion ruling to Trump: 'This is what leaving it to the states looks like'

Biden campaign aides and allies on Tuesday wasted little time tying an Arizona court ruling effectively outlawing abortion in the state directly to former President Trump and his call for abortion policy to be decided by the states.

“This is what leaving it to the states looks like,” Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa wrote on the social platform X. “This is what Donald Trump endorsed yesterday,” Kate Bedingfield, a former top aide on the Biden 2020 campaign and in the Biden White House, posted on X. “An abortion ban from 1864… that’s what Trump supports,” wrote Kevin Munoz, another Biden campaign aide.

In a 4-2 decision, the Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected arguments that it should uphold the 15-week abortion ban passed by then-Gov. Doug Ducey (R) in 2022 and enforced after the end of Roe v. Wade. Instead, the court ruled that the Civil War-era law passed before Arizona was even a state should be enforced. The court ruled to lift the stay on the law, meaning it goes into effect in 14 days.

The law makes abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs or helps a woman obtain one. It includes an extremely narrow exception for “when it is necessary” to save a pregnant person’s life.

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