Friday’s ruling that allows Arizona apply a ban to almost all abortions it will have “catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable” consequences for women if it is allowed to stand, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Saturday.
a judge of Arizona ruled on Friday that it is possible enforce a 1901 ban on almost all abortions in the state, after being blocked for some 50 years.
“Yesterday’s ruling in Arizona is dangerous and will take Arizona women back more than a century, to a time before Arizona was even a state,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
The decision would force survivors of rape and incest to have to give birth to their attackers’ children, while health care providers would face prison terms of up to five years for discharging their duty of care, she said.
As we await the next steps in law enforcement, the potential consequences of this ruling are catastrophic, dangerous and unacceptable.”
Jean-Pierre stated that the president of the United States, Joe Bidenand the vice president, kamala harris, will continue to pressure Congress to codify the Roe vs. Wade Act of 1973 legalizing abortion, which was overturned by the Supreme Court in June.
The ruling by Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson granted a request by the state’s Republican attorney general to lift an injunction that had prevented enforcement of Arizona’s abortion ban, in place before the creation of the state, following the decision of the Supreme Court.
Johnson’s ruling prohibits all abortions in Arizona, except when the procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother.
Biden suggested on Friday that the election of two other Democratic senators in the November elections would open the possibility for Democrats to eliminate filibustering, a legislative hurdle that requires a 60-vote majority to overcome, which would allow Congress restore the federal right to abortion.
Democrats now have a slim majority in the Senate, and two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema, have opposed ending filibustering.
The end of filibustering would require a simple majority. For this measure to succeed, Democrats must maintain control of the House of Representatives and win two seats in the Senate. Most forecasts suggest that the Republicans will likely win control of the House.
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