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

The decision revived a 160-year-old law

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

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

just months before a presidential election.

It's a huge deal.

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

and politically in the state.

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

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

there are still a lot of questions

when it comes to abortion in America.

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

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

politically potent than we've expected.

What will that mean for the election? expected.

What will that mean for the election in November?

So I think this puts abortion front and center,

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

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

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

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

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