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Kamala Harris to blame Trump for abortion bans during Arizona visit

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[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Tucson Friday to cast former President Donald Trump as the architect of the restrictive abortion bans emerging nationwide in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down the federal right to an abortion. Harris is making her second trip to the battleground state of Arizona this year, days after the state Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions.  “Donald Trump is the architect of this health care crisis,” Harris is expected to say, according to an…

Arizona’s abortion ban likely to cause people to travel for services in states where it’s still legal

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[ad_1] Doctors and clinic leaders said there will be a scramble across the Southwest and West for abortion care in the wake of Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court decision, which said officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman’s life is at stake. “People are going to have to start looking out of state,” said Dr. Maria Phillis, an Ohio OB-GYN who also has a law degree. “This is now another place where they can’t go safety to access care.” Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of…

Arizona Official threatened with death over election, man receives 2½ years in prison.

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[ad_1] Arizona Official, Katie Hobbs, targeted for death threat, sees Ohio man sentenced to 2½ years in prison. The man, Joshua Russell, 46, of Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Arizona in August to one count of making an interstate threat, according to the Justice Department. He was indicted in December 2022 on charges that he had left several voice messages containing death threats with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office during the midterm election season, in which Ms. Katie Hobbs was elected governor. Ms. Katie Hobbs, a…