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Kari Lake on Abortion

 

 


Leave it to the states; my opponent wants to remove choice

Q: What about a woman's right to an abortion?

Lake: It should be left to the states. I agree with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Everybody knew it was unconstitutional. We have the choice for Arizonans to decide what our abortion law will be, and we will decide in November. Ruben Gallego wants to take the choice away from us. He wants to bring it back to the federal government and take away our rights in Arizona. I want us to have that choice, and whatever the law ends up being I will respect.

Gallego: I would codify Roe. The fact that we have women that are traveling with their daughter who are victims of rape, out of state so they can get an abortion. A 10-year-old baby girl, victim of incest, had to leave her own state to get an abortion. The reason we need to codify it is because people like Kari Lake make this a dangerous situation. She said she was thrilled when Roe was overturned.

Source: C-Span transcript excerpts of 2024 Arizona Senate debate , Oct 9, 2024

Does not support a federal ban, issue for states to decide

Kari wants to do everything she can to help women choose life, to choose to bring that blessing into their own existence. She also recognizes that a majority of people hold the view that abortion should be legal with restrictions against late-term and partial-birth abortions. Arizona's law currently allows abortions up to 15 weeks, and Kari does not support a federal ban on abortion. Abortion is, as the courts decided, an issue for states to decide, not the federal government.
Source: 2024 Arizona Senate campaign website KariLake.com , Oct 11, 2023

We're not giving women choices, they're given one choice

LAKE: In Katie Hobbs' world, they're for abortion right up until birth, if you are in the hospital in labor, the abortionists are for giving you an abortion, If you desire one. This has moved beyond health care. We're not giving women choices. I'm for giving women true choices. And when they walk into an abortion center, they're only given one choice. And they're not told that you have the choice to keep your baby, and we can help and here's how.

KATIE HOBBS: Kari Lake is entirely misconstruing my position on this issue. Late-term abortion is extremely rare. If it's being talked about, it's because something has gone incredibly wrong in a pregnancy. A doctor's not going to perform an abortion late in a pregnancy just because somebody decided they want one. That is ridiculous. Under a Kari Lake administration, we would have government-mandated forced births that risk women's lives.

Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2022 Arizona Gubernatorial race , Oct 9, 2022

I am pro-life; always have and always will be

I am pro-life. Always have and always will be.
Source: 2021 AZ Gubernatorial campaign website KariLake.com , Sep 3, 2021

Other candidates on Abortion: Kari Lake on other issues:
AZ Gubernatorial:
Aaron Lieberman
Doug Ducey
Jorge Rivas
Karrin Taylor Robson
Katie Hobbs
Kimberly Yee
Marco Lopez
Matt Salmon
Steve Gaynor
AZ Senatorial:
Blake Masters
Jim Lamon
Justin Olson
Kelli Ward
Kyrsten Sinema
Mark Brnovich
Mark Kelly
Mark Lamb
Martha McSally
Mick McGuire
Ruben Gallego

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