Sen. Kelly says Arizona abortion ruling is 'all because of Donald Trump'

Source: The Hill

04/14/24 1:12 PM ET


Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that last week’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling banning nearly all abortions in the state is a result of actions former President Trump took while in office.

“Let me start by saying this has been a disaster for women in Arizona. They’ve lost a fundamental right to abortion, and it’s all because of Donald Trump,” Kelly said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday.

“Donald Trump owns this. He said just yesterday that he broke Roe v. Wade, and because he did that, this enabled our court to bring back this draconian 1864 law to take away this right, send doctors to jail,” Kelly added.

On Friday, Trump said there was no need for a federal law limiting abortion because, he said, “we broke Roe v. Wade” and that states were working “brilliantly” as many were restricting access to abortion. His comments come as he has faced backlash all week since saying on Monday that abortion should be left up to the states to determine policy, while appearing to say he would not sign a federal ban.

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