Opinion: Roe v. Wade went down hard. But Republican hardliners will get a hard awakening if they ban all abortions in Arizona – By Phil Boas (Arizona Republic) / July 5, 2022
It was telling that before the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, conservatives in Arizona were already debating which law would frame abortion in this state after Roe.
Cathi Herrod, president of the conservative Center for Arizona Policy, argued that a territorial-era law that bans abortion would set the rules and penalties. Gov. Doug Ducey argued a state law passed earlier this year would become the guidepost. It bans abortions after 15 weeks and is set to become law on Sept. 24.
I’ve written about the problems of abortion extremism in the Democratic Party that pushes past any of the hard moral questions to pursue abortion with no restrictions, no apologies.
Now Republican extremism is on full display as the party’s far right deludes itself that a conservative Supreme Court has handed them total victory on abortion and unconditional surrender to their foes.
