Kaitlan Collins: Arizona Just Punched the Flux Capacitor and Traveled to 1864 to Enforce Abortion Ban

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COLLINS: "So much for the U.S. Supreme Court rolling abortion rights back 50 years. Arizona just punched the flux capacitor and time-traveled back to 1864 — not 1964, 1864. Yes, during the Civil War, a year before slavery was even abolished with the 13th Amendment. It‘s also before the discovery of penicillin, x-rays or antibiotics. But the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today that a 160 year-old law banning abortions at any point in a pregnancy can be enforced. That means that in two weeks from now, abortions in that state, in Arizona, will be illegal. There are no exceptions for rape or incest in this 1864 law. The only exception is if the mother‘s life is in danger. Even that is not a black or white decision and it often comes with its own complications, as we know. Keep in mind that when this law was written, women could not vote. The idea of women even owning their own home was still a novel concept in some states. And speaking of states, Arizona wasn‘t one yet. Less than 10,000 people lived in what was then known as the Arizona territory. Today, more than 7 million people do. That includes Republican Senate candidate and a contender to be Donald Trump‘s vice president if he‘s the president and the Republican nominee, Kari Lake. She rushed out a statement and it reads in part in part, and I‘m quoting her now, 'I oppose today‘s ruling,' but that statement requires a lot of context given it wasn‘t that long ago that she said this about the very law that is set to go into effect."