Kari Lake gets flack from both sides on abortion as she navigates Arizona law
Civil War,Arizona,Abortion,Supreme Court,Politics,Donald Trump,Planned Parenthood,Ruben Gallego
TUCSON, Ariz. — Republican Senate hopeful Kari Lake took criticism from both flanks of the abortion debate during a visit to the University of Arizona Thursday evening, as she and other candidates navigate the fallout from this week’s state Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban. Lake’s flip-flop on the law — which she called a “great law” in 2022 but now opposes and is pushing fellow Republicans to repeal — illustrates the tricky political position she and other Republicans find themselves in on abortion policy ahead...
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