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What Arizona's Abortion Ban Means for the 2024 Election

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week, the Arizona Supreme Court revived an abortion ban enacted in 1864, decades before the state's formation. WSJ's Laura Kusisto explains how the 160-year-old law could impact the 2024 election. Further Listening: -The Abortion Pill’s Uncertain Future -Kansas’ Big Abortion Vote -The Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Further Reading: -Arizona Supreme Court Bans Nearly All Abortions, Reviving 160-Year-Old Law -Why Arizona Will Be Ground Zero for the 2024 Abortion Fight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yesterday the Arizona Supreme Court made a major ruling that bans nearly all abortions in the state.

0:14.0

The decision revived a 160-year-old law

0:18.0

that dates back to a time before Arizona was even a state.

0:24.4

Our colleague Laura Kucisto says this ruling pushes the issue of abortion to center stage

0:31.2

just months before a presidential election.

0:34.8

It's a huge deal.

0:36.2

It's a huge deal both in terms of access in the state

0:38.5

and politically in the state.

0:41.1

You have a swing state, a battleground state, where this is just massively inflamed the politics around abortion now.

0:47.0

Almost two years after the US Supreme Court threw out a national right to abortion,

0:54.4

there are still a lot of questions

0:56.8

when it comes to abortion in America.

1:00.0

I think we're at a moment where still abortion access is in flux for really kind of

1:04.3

millions of people around the country. I think this issue has proven more kind of

1:09.0

politically potent than we've expected.

1:12.0

What will that mean for the election? expected.

1:13.0

What will that mean for the election in November?

1:16.0

So I think this puts abortion front and center,

1:19.0

certainly in Arizona, but I think it also helps put it even more front and center around the country.

1:27.0

Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.

1:32.0

I'm Kate Leimbaw. It's Wednesday, April 10th.

1:39.8

Coming up on the show, Arizona's nearly total abortion ban and its implications for the

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