Arizona House Speaker finds himself in eye of abortion rights tornado
Arizona state House Speaker Ben Toma (R) is facing a reckoning as he tries to navigate the fallout from Arizona’s Supreme Court decision enforcing an 1864 abortion ban.
Since the decision last week, Toma has twice helped block House Democrats’ efforts to repeal the ban on procedural grounds.
Toma is facing pressure from national Republicans, including former President Trump and Kari Lake, who want to see the Civil War-era ban repealed, which would result in the reinstatement of a 15-week ban passed in 2022.
But Toma is also running for Congress in a crowded Republican primary, where voters and anti-abortion groups are not likely to reward him for compromising in favor of a less restrictive abortion ban.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4606398-arizona-house-speaker-finds-himself-in-eye-of-abortion-rights-tornado/