Browsing: Arizona

A researcher at Arizona State University has been placed on leave as the university investigates a heated confrontation caught on video of him cursing out a woman wearing a hijab. Viral video from the rally shows Jonathan Yudelman, the postdoctoral scholar, approaching a woman who was wearing a hijab. Yudelman has his arms raised and…

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) revealed on Sunday that state lawmakers will introduce a bill this week to support women traveling from Arizona seeking abortion care, in response to the implementation of one of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law that limits access…

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs expressed confidence on Tuesday that voters will have the chance to make abortion rights a part of the state's constitution in November. This could reverse a decision from the state's Supreme Court that effectively bans nearly all abortions in the state. Hobbs spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper shortly after the state's highest court dismissed arguments for a 15-week…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, shared her views on abortion in a detailed online post following the national attention to the Arizona Supreme Court's abortion law on Tuesday. “People are asking about my views on abortion,” Shanahan’s post on X, formerly Twitter, began. Shanahan, recently named Kennedy’s vice-presidential candidate, is a mother to one…

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed a law from 1864 that makes carrying out an abortion a serious crime. What does this mean? The decision, with a vote of 4-2, dismissed attempts to ban abortions after 15 weeks and effectively makes the medical procedure nearly completely against the law in the state. The law dates back to the time of the Civil War and was passed many years before Arizona became a state in 1912. The…

Both Arizona Senate candidates opposed the state Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday that upholds one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. The decision enforces a law from 1864 that prohibits abortion access in all situations except to save the mother's life. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and GOP candidate…

Doug Ducey, the ex-governor of Arizona who enacted a 15-week abortion restriction, expressed that the state's Supreme Court's decision to ban almost all abortions was not his preferred outcome. “I endorsed the 15-week law as Governor because it is considerate conservative policy and a way to address this very delicate issue that…

Vice President Harris will visit Arizona on Friday “to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms,” the White House announced just after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that made performing an abortion a felony, including only a narrow exception to…

The law dates back to a time before Arizona was even a state, and is now being used to essentially erase reproductive freedom in the state.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) campaign arm is launching its voter mobilization efforts ahead of November’s election through alliances with grassroots groups in Arizona, Florida and Texas. Bold PAC is announcing the effort Thursday, focusing on the three states with key congressional races. “Latino voters will be integral to the 2024 elections, deciding whether Democrats…