If it's Wednesday, a six-week ban on abortion takes effect in Florida.

Arizona lawmakers are voting right now to reverse a near-total abortion ban,

and the Biden campaign aims to keep the abortion issue

in the spotlight blaming the lack of access on former president Trump.

Plus hundreds more protesters are arrested on campuses across the country,

including pro-Palestinian demonstrators

who occupied a building at Columbia University

as both politicians and police try to crack down

on the growing unrest.

And former President Donald Trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since the

start of his historic criminal trial, blitzing the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan before heading back to court tomorrow. And welcome to meet the press now. I'm Aaron Gilchrist as we follow breaking

news amid a rapidly shifting landscape of abortion access in America.

In Florida, we're tracking the fallout from that state's six-week ban officially in effect

today, and in Arizona, right now the state Senate is voting to repeal a pending near total ban.

All of it with major ramifications, not just for women's health care in the two battleground states,

but for the 2024 presidential race as well. We begin in Arizona where the state Senate is in session

as we speak and voting on a bill to repeal the state's

controversial 1864 near total ban on abortion, with both supporters and opponents gathered outside.

At this moment two Republicans have joined Democrats in supporting that repeal, likely

giving it enough support to pass when the vote is called.

Now here's some of what we heard from Republicans on the floor this afternoon.

As a pro like myself we should be pushing for the maximum protection for unborn children

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