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Trump Can’t Shake Abortion Issue, Says Arizona Court Went Too Far

FILE - President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2020. The Supreme Court's decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Trump's grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House for the final time. The same Supreme Court now dominated by Trump-appointed conservatives also voted to weaken restrictions on gun ownership. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the Arizona Supreme Court went too far in its decision earlier this week that criminalized most abortions in the state.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, said Monday that laws surrounding abortion should be left to the states. The next day, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era law that only allows abortion in cases that are necessary to save a mother’s life, without exceptions for rape and incest.

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