Selected reaction to Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and the right of abortion from Arizona leaders, candidates.
Gov. Doug Ducey:
Roe v. Wade was a poorly reasoned ruling that had no constitutional basis. The Supreme Court has made the right decision by finally overturning it and giving governing power back to the people and the states.
Sen. Mark Kelly:
Women deserve the right to make their own decisions about abortion. It is just wrong that the next generation of women will have fewer freedoms than my grandmother did.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema:
A woman's health-care choices should be between her, her family and her doctor. Today's decision overturning Roe v. Wade endangers the health and well-being of women in Arizona and across America.
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Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (and Democratic candidate for governor):
Republican extremists have plotted for decades to install partisan judges at every level of the judicial system with the goal of ending women's fundamental freedom to choose our own health care. As governor, I will use my veto pen to block any legislation that compromises the right to choose.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich (and candidate for U.S. Senate):
Attorneys general have a solemn responsibility to defend the most vulnerable among us, and that's exactly what we did today. I look forward to seeing the issue returned to elected representatives where it belongs.
Brittany Fonteno, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood Arizona:
Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to annihilate abortion access throughout the country is devastating and will gravely impact pregnant people and their families in Arizona.
Cathy Herrod, president, Center for Arizona Policy:
The court made the right call. There's no constitutional right to abortion in the United States Constitution. The prior Arizona law should be enforceable.
Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick:
The Supreme Court is no longer a legitimate body; it has become another partisan branch — putting political party platforms before the American people and legal precedent. This week's SCOTUS rulings highlight this fact: the courts' conservatives have dismantled the separation of church and state. … Don't be naive, the overturning of Roe is far more than an attack on abortion health care, this will ignite a slope of legal assaults on women and their privacy.
Congressman Raul Grijalva:
It takes away the most important and life-changing decision a woman will ever make. It is a fundamental and disguising restructuring of the progress we have made as a country to afford women equity.
Jennifer Allen, executive director ACLU of Arizona:
With today's decision, the Supreme Court has turned back the clock nearly 50 years on our fundamental rights. However, Arizona voters can change the course of history by electing candidates down the ballot who will defend access to abortion care.