Since a judge in Pima County judge ruled that Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions, abortion access has become a key issue in the tight race between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs to be the state's next governor.
In September, a judge removed a decades-old injunction that blocked enforcement of a law that's been in place since 1901, over a decade before Arizona became a state. That law makes it illegal for anyone to provide an abortion surgically or with drugs and is punishable by two to five years in prison.
"I've been registered Republican since I was 18 years-old, but the party has just moved beyond anything I recognize when I first registered as a Republican," Carter said in an interview with CBS News.She said Arizona's abortion ban on can"create unintended consequences that are dangerous for women," and will turn Arizona into a"vigilante state for women receving healthcare.
"We need to leave women's bodies alone. As a man, we have no right, we should shut up," said Jorge Santana, a lifelong registered Republican who works in higher education. Speaking with CBS News at a farmers' market south of Phoenix, Santana said abortion rights are the main issue pushing him to vote for Democrats this fall.
Lake's campaign has continued to focus on immigration, education and the economy, but the Republican nominee was asked about the abortion ruling in an appearnce on Fox News recently. In Tucson, Lake supporters like Karen Kosha agree there should be certain exceptions like rape and incest for abortion,"but to use it as a birth control, and that is what a lot of Americans are doing, no, I don't support birth control by killing the babies."
Rouin said abortion rights should be left up to the states, adding that women in Arizona who want the procedure can always drive to California.
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