Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake is actively lobbying state lawmakers to overturn a 160-year-old law that bans abortion in almost all cases. Lake is advocating for GOP lawmakers to repeal the law while keeping in place legislation signed in 2022 by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey that restricts abortion to within the first 15 weeks of a pregnancy.
The Arizona Supreme Court recently ruled that the state must adhere to the Civil War-era law, which prohibits all abortions except those necessary to save a woman's life. Lake has reached out to state legislators offering her support to overturn the territorial law and revert back to the 15-week Ducey law.
