Arizona Governor Blasts Ruling on Abortion Ban: ‘It Is a Dark Day in Arizona’

HOBBS It is a ░░░░░░░░ day in Arizona Just ░░░░░░░░ the Arizona Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ its opinion in Planned ░░░░░░░░ v Mayes upholding one ░░░░░░░░ the most extreme abortion ░░░░░░░░ in the country And ░░░░░░░░ it is currently stayed ░░░░░░░░ continue to live under ░░░░░░░░ unacceptable ban a law ░░░░░░░░ still strips Arizonans of ░░░░░░░░ personal autonomy and has ░░░░░░░░ exceptions for women who ░░░░░░░░ the victims of rape ░░░░░░░░ incest or any regard ░░░░░░░░ pregnancy complications Let me ░░░░░░░░ clear Arizona s 2022 ░░░░░░░░ ban is extreme and ░░░░░░░░ women And the near ░░░░░░░░ Civil War era ban ░░░░░░░░ continues to hang over ░░░░░░░░ heads only serves to ░░░░░░░░ more chaos for women ░░░░░░░░ doctors in our state ░░░░░░░░ governor I promised I ░░░░░░░░ do everything in my ░░░░░░░░ to protect our reproductive ░░░░░░░░ Here s what I ░░░░░░░░ done so far and ░░░░░░░░ we can continue to ░░░░░░░░ together to end this ░░░░░░░░ ending assault on our ░░░░░░░░ rights First my executive ░░░░░░░░ removing the ability of ░░░░░░░░ attorneys to prosecute women ░░░░░░░░ doctors for performing abortions ░░░░░░░░ I refuse to allow ░░░░░░░░ county prosecutors to use ░░░░░░░░ abortion ban to lock ░░░░░░░░ women and doctors seeking ░░░░░░░░ providing needed healthcare Second ░░░░░░░░ administration has expanded access ░░░░░░░░ over the counter contraceptives ░░░░░░░░ Arizonans across the state ░░░░░░░░ walk into their pharmacy ░░░░░░░░ obtain birth control medication ░░░░░░░░ a doctor s prescription ░░░░░░░░ last year I vetoed ░░░░░░░░ that would have threatened ░░░░░░░░ to IVF and potentially ░░░░░░░░ access to any and ░░░░░░░░ abortions in our state ░░░░░░░░ any other legislation that ░░░░░░░░ to take away our ░░░░░░░░ will continue to be ░░░░░░░░ with my veto stamp ░░░░░░░░ I am calling on ░░░░░░░░ legislature to do the ░░░░░░░░ thing right now and ░░░░░░░░ this 1864 ban and ░░░░░░░░ access to reproductive healthcare ░░░░░░░░ Republican majority in the ░░░░░░░░ has time and again ░░░░░░░░ to act to protect ░░░░░░░░ freedoms They have refused ░░░░░░░░ repeal the Civil War ░░░░░░░░ Civil War near total ░░░░░░░░ ban In fact the ░░░░░░░░ President and House Speaker ░░░░░░░░ in this very case ░░░░░░░░ keep this extreme ban ░░░░░░░░ place And as it ░░░░░░░░ they might have their ░░░░░░░░ They have refused to ░░░░░░░░ to protect IVF and ░░░░░░░░ Instead they tell women ░░░░░░░░ put aspirin between their ░░░░░░░░ Well I m proud ░░░░░░░░ be a backstop to ░░░░░░░░ extremism Arizona women should ░░░░░░░░ have to fear the ░░░░░░░░ court decision It s ░░░░░░░░ I m proud to ░░░░░░░░ standing here with Senator ░░░░░░░░ and Representative Stahl Hamilton ░░░░░░░░ these other legislators who ░░░░░░░░ dedicated to protecting our ░░░░░░░░ We are 14 days ░░░░░░░░ from this extreme ban ░░░░░░░░ back to life It ░░░░░░░░ be repealed immediately.”