Arizona Abortion Ban: What We Know The state’s highest court reinstated an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the ruling.

Arizona Reinstated a 160-Year-Old Abortion Ban Also, Iran is smuggling weapons into the West Bank. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

Biden Condemns Arizona’s Abortion Ban as ‘Cruel’ and ‘Extreme’ President Biden, who promised to continue to fight for the restoration of Roe v. Wade, said the ban was first enacted “well before women had secured the right to vote.”

Abortion Jumps to the Center of Arizona’s Key 2024 Races A ruling by the state’s highest court upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions set up a fierce political fight over the issue.

Swing-State Republicans Embrace Trump’s New Abortion Stance Several of the party’s candidates, particularly those in battleground states, said they favor letting states regulate the procedure instead of having a national ban.

Arizona Reinstates 160-Year-Old Abortion Ban The state’s highest court said the law, passed in 1864 when Arizona was a territory and moribund for decades under Roe v. Wade, was now enforceable.

Anyone Who Thinks Trump Is Done With Abortion Is a Fool He landed a major blow against legal abortion during his first term. If given a second, he will land another.

Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal (AP) — As Republican-led states have outlawed or further restricted abortion, Democrats believe the fight over abortion rights helps them at the polls. The post Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal appeared first on Religion News Service.

How allowing abortion for secular reasons means allowing it for religious reasons (RNS) — States’ abortion laws may not be ‘underinclusive.’ The post How allowing abortion for secular reasons means allowing it for religious reasons appeared first on Religion News Service.

Trump’s Abortion Calculus, and ‘Deepnudes’ in Schools Plus, on death row in Missouri.

On Abortion, Trump Chose Politics Over Principles. Will It Matter? With his video statement on Monday, Donald Trump laid bare how faulty a messenger he had always been for the anti-abortion cause.

Trump Says Abortion Will Be Left to the States. Don’t Believe Him. His allies are planning to resurrect and enforce the 19th-century Comstock Act.

Biden Campaign Ad Blames Trump for Near-Death of Woman Who Was Denied Abortion The ad encapsulates the strategy by the president’s campaign to seize on anger about the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Pence Attacks Trump’s Abortion Statement as a ‘Slap in the Face’ Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian who embraced abortion restrictions at the federal level shortly after Roe was overturned, called Mr. Trump’s statement a “retreat” on the matter.

Biden and Other Democrats Tie Trump to Limits on Abortion Rights The former president said he supported leaving abortion decisions to states, but political opponents say he bears responsibility for any curbs enacted.

Anti-Abortion Group Says It Is ‘Deeply Disappointed’ in Trump’s Comments The president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said she was “deeply disappointed” in Donald Trump’s position that states should decide abortion rights.

How Abortion, and I.V.F., Flipped an Alabama State House Seat Marilyn Lands’s victory in a special election provided an early blueprint for Democrats who are eager to make reproductive rights central to their campaigns.

Trump Says Abortion Law Should Be Left to the States After months of mixed signals, the former president said that whatever states decide “must be the law of the land,” adding that he was “strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.”

Indiana appeals court upholds injunction on abortion ban, citing religious liberty (RNS) — The ruling was another win for those who say their religious beliefs direct them to have abortions prohibited by the ban. The post Indiana appeals court upholds injunction on abortion ban, citing religious liberty appeared first on Religion News Service.

Florida Court Rulings Pose Risks for House Republicans on Abortion The twin decisions have all but guaranteed that voters will have the issue on their minds in November, bringing potential risks for two anti-abortion Republicans in the state whose districts aren’t solidly red.