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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Trump says Arizona supreme court’s abortion ruling will be ‘straightened out’

Protesters take part in a rally led by Women's March Tucson after Arizona's supreme Court revived a 1864 law that bans abortion in virtually all instances.
Protesters attend a rally led by Women's March Tucson after Arizona's supreme court revived a 1864 law that bans abortion in virtually all instances. Photograph: Rebecca Noble/Reuters

Insisting abortion rights should be left to state governments, Donald Trump nonetheless said the rightwing Arizona supreme court went too far when it ruled on Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total ban could be enforced.

“Yeah, they did [go too far],” Trump said on Wednesday to reporters at an airport in Atlanta, Georgia. “That’ll be straightened out, and as you know it’s all about states’ rights.”

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