Kari Lake’s 7 steps to complete confusion on abortion

If you’re confused by Arizona MAGA Senate candidate Kari Lake’s position on abortion, don’t feel bad. So is she. Since the Arizona Supreme Court decided that a 160-year-old ban on abortions works just fine in 2024, Lake has made so many 180 degree turns in her position on the issue, she can’t help but be addled.

Step 1. Go back to 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Lake said she was “incredibly thrilled” that Arizona’s “great law that’s already on the books” could now be enforced.

“I believe it’s ARS 13-3603 that will prohibit abortion in Arizona except to save the life of a mother. I think we’re going to be paving the way and setting course for other states to follow,” she said. When you can quote the statute number of an 1864 law, you’re most likely a zealot on the issue.