Kari Lake calls legislators in push to repeal Arizona abortion ban she previously backed

Senate candidate Kari Lake has made calls to state lawmakers to push for the repeal of Arizona's Civil War-era abortion ban, according to one Republican legislator who said they received a call from her. The behind-the-scenes effort by Lake comes as the GOP-controlled Legislature considers its next steps after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state's 1864 near-total ban on abortion is enforceable. The Arizona House convenes again on Wednesday. Lake's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday evening on her lobbying of...