By Marianne LeVine and Maegan Vazquez | Washington Post
Two days after he said states should make their own decisions about regulating abortion, former president Donald Trump criticized Arizona for reinstating an abortion law he said goes too far.
“That will be straightened out,” Trump said when asked by a reporter Wednesday about the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate a near-total ban on abortion in the state.
Trump’s statement shows abortion will continue to pose political challenges for Republicans — even if they continue to take a states’ rights stance on the issue. Trump has proudly taken credit for the end of the federal protection of the right to an abortion, including on Wednesday when he described the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as “an incredible achievement.” (Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who helped write the landmark ruling.)Yet he has also downplayed the consequences of that ruling, specifically in states such as Arizona‚ where he suggested the Democratic governor and others would address the state high court’s decision.
