Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday and appeared to be in favor of no restrictions on abortion.
Host Major Garrett said her Republican opponent Kari Lake called Hobbes an “extremist” because of her views on abortion. I asked if he would support the current 15-week ban or if he would seek a higher limit as governor.
Hobbes, who is now Arizona’s secretary of state, said Lake had misunderstood his position and said late-term abortion was “extremely rare.”
“If it’s talked about, it’s because something incredibly bad happened during the pregnancy. Doctors don’t want an abortion in the third trimester just because someone decides they want an abortion.” We’re not going to do it. It’s ridiculous,” Hobbes said, noting that Arizonas had “government-ordered forced births that endangered the lives of women” under the Kari Lake administration.
Asked how many days per week the restrictions on abortion access would be extended, Hobbes avoided directly answering that abortion was a “very personal decision made between the woman and the doctor.” I was.
“Governments and politicians don’t belong in that decision,” said Hobbes. “We need doctors to perform the care they are trained to do and to pledge to do so.”
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“If Arizona voters concluded from your previous responses that they disagreed with a specific week limit on abortion, would that be correct?” Garrett asked.
Hobbes repeated his original answer.
Fox News Digital reached out to Hobbs’ campaign for comment.
Arizona doctors stopped performing abortions late last month after a Tucson judge ruled that prosecutors could enforce an 1864 law prohibiting abortions unless it was necessary to save a woman’s life. has been discontinued. Arizona passed a law earlier this year banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, sparking speculation about what’s allowed.
Democrats ruled to revive the issue ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Republican Governor Doug Ducey urging him to call a special session of Congress to repeal the 1864 abortion ban.
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Lake spoke positively of Arizona’s outright ban on abortion, which she called “a great law already on the books”. Abortion drugs should be illegal and a bill banning abortion should be signed as soon as fetal heart activity is detected, usually around six weeks of gestation, before many women realize they are pregnant. says. .
The Associated Press contributed to this report.