DOCTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET OUT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES. >> JOINING US NOW, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE LAST WORD. YOUR REACTION TO THE PASSING TODAY, THE REPEAL. >> HI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. OBVIOUSLY IT IS A GOOD DAY IN ARIZONA. WE ARE BREATHING SOMETHING OF A SIGH OF RELIEF. AFTER OUR LEGISLATURE FINALLY REPEALED THIS INSANE 1864 NEAR- TOTAL ABORTION BAN THAT WAS WRITTEN AT A TIME WHEN ARIZONA WAS NOT A STATE. WOMEN COULD NOT VOTE AND THE CIVIL WAR WAS STILL RAGING. AS YOU NOTED, WE ARE STILL NOT OUT OF THE WOODS. THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF TIME, A FEW MONTHS IN ARIZONA WHERE THE 1864 BAN ACTUALLY GOES INTO EFFECT. I AM WORKING AS HARD AS I CAN TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. WE ARE HOPING THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT WILL PUT A STAY ON THE 1864 BAN. THE REASON IS THE REPEAL WON'T GO INTO PLACE UNTIL 90 DAYS AFTER THE LEGISLATURE ENDS THE SESSION, WHICH COULD BE AS LATE AS AUGUST OR AFTER THAT. SO OBVIOUSLY IT IS A GOOD DAY, BUT HOW INSANE IS IT THAT WE EVEN ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WOMEN OF OUR STATE HAVING TO LIVE UNDER AN 1864 BAN THAT IF IMPLEMENTED, JONATHAN, WILL END UP WITH A WOMAN DYING HERE. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT TODAY SAID EVEN THOUGH THIS REPEAL IS RELIEF, THE VICE PRESIDENT NOTED THAT ARIZONA STILL IS UNDER A 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN WITH NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST, SO THE WORK IS NOT OVER, IS IT? >> THE WORK IS NOT OVER. I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA ARE RESOUNDINGLY GOING TO PASS A BALLOT INITIATIVE IN NOVEMBER THAT WILL ENSHRINE ABORTION RIGHTS IN OUR CONSTITUTION. YOU KNOW, THAT 15 WEEKS ITSELF HAS NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO DOCTORS AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS FROM HOSPITALS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA, JONATHAN, WHO ARE LIVING UNDER THAT 15 WEEK BAN AND THEY ARE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW CLOSE THEY ALLOW A WOMAN TO GET TO DEATH BEFORE THEY CAN CARE FOR HER. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY IN THEIR PREGNANCY. I MEAN, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE IN THE YEAR 2024, THAT DOCTORS ARE HAVING TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN PROVIDE CARE TO A WOMAN AND SAVE HER LIFE. SO, YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN ARIZONA AND ALL ACROSS THIS LAND TO MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN RETAIN AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL OUR OWN BODIES AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND THE RIGHT TO BE FREE PEOPLE. >> YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY GENERAL, YOU AND GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS ONE IN THE WAKE OF DOBBS AND YOU BEAT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TO BECOME THE TOP PROSECUTOR BY JUST 240 VOTES. SOME PEOPLE THINK VOTING DOESN'T MATTER AND I WONDER, IF YOU COULD, JUST SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MINUTE. THIS MORNING PEOPLE IN ARIZONA WERE LIVING UNDER A LAW THAT COULD'VE BEEN USED TO PROSECUTE THEM FOR THEIR HEALTHCARE CHOICES. >> YEAH, JONATHAN. ONE SMALL CORRECTION, 280 VOTES. >> A LITTLE MORE. >> A LITTLE MORE, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WAS THE CLOSEST RACE IN THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA STATEWIDE RACE AND THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA AND IT MEANS THAT EVERY VOTE MATTERS AND AS A RESULT OF THIS ELECTION I BELIEVE THAT I WAS ELECTED TO PROTECT THE WOMEN OF THIS STATE AGAINST THESE OUTRAGEOUS ABORTION BANDS AND TO REPENT -- TO PROTECT RIGHTS. WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ARIZONA WHO WILL FIGHT FOR WOMEN. WILL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND OUR LIBERTIES AND WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN OUR STATE AND THAT WE CARRY OUT THE WILL
