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MoveOn Statement on Arizona Senate Democrats Voting to Protect Abortion Access

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to Arizona Senate Democrats voting to repeal a 160-year-old, near-total abortion ban, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “This isn’t complicated: Democrats will protect abortion access and Republicans will take away our bodily autonomy at every opportunity they have. To be clear, Arizona still has an abortion ban in effect and this doesn’t solve MAGA Republicans’ attacks on reproductive freedom. Arizonans and voters across the country have a choice to make this fall between preserving our fundamental freedoms with Democrats or letting…

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MoveOn Statement on Arizona Enforcing 1864 Abortion Ban

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling siding with Arizona Republicans on a 160-year-old, near-total abortion ban that fails to protect people even when their health is at risk, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement:  “Yesterday, Donald Trump said states should decide on abortion bans. Today, Arizona used a law from 1864 to ban nearly all abortions. This is the Republican plan. This is Donald Trump’s plan. They can’t run from it. They can’t hide from it. And they can’t lie…

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The Radical Fringe That Just Went Mainstream in Arizona

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It might be nice one day to wake up and feel serene—even hopeful—about the state of American politics. To know that all of those people who have been warning about the growing threat to democracy are way ahead of their skis. But today is not that day. Arizona Republicans are nominating an entire cast of characters who argue not only that Donald Trump won the election in 2020, but also that the state’s results should be decertified—a process for which there is no legal basis. These Trump-endorsed candidates—Kari Lake for…

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Arizona Democratic Party censures Sinema as party reels from string of defeats

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The Arizona Democratic Party executive board voted on Saturday to censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her decision to join her Republican colleagues in blocking a Democratic attempt to change Senate filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation. The board said the “ramifications of failing to pass federal legislation” that protects … The Washington Times stories: White House

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