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After Democrats enjoyed electoral success by campaigning for abortion rights, Lake began to distance herself from the law.<ref name=CameronNYT/> In early 2024, Lake shifted positions; her website said that she "does not support a federal ban on abortion"<ref name=Edelman/> and in a March 2024 interview she denounced the 1864 anti-abortion law.<ref name="Dani"/> Lake instead supported Arizona's abortion restriction after 15 weeks.<ref name=Doyle/> On April 11, 2024, [[Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes|after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in favor of enforcing the 1864 territorial law]], Lake said the law was "out of step with Arizonans" and urged Arizonan legislators to "come up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support"; she described abortion as "a personal and private issue."<ref name=Dani/><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Edelman |first1=Adam |first2=Alex |last2=Tabet |date=2024-04-09 |title=Arizona Supreme Court rules a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/arizona-supreme-court-ruling-abortion-ban-rcna146915 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Days later, on April 16, she discussed people's ability to sidestep the 1864 law in Arizona by traveling to neighboring states: "Even if we have a restrictive law here ... you can go three hours that way, three hours that way, and you're going to be able to have an abortion".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gersony |first1=Laura |title=Kari Lake downplays 1864 abortion law, says Arizonans can travel '3 hours' for procedure |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/16/kari-lake-talks-1864-abortion-law-illegal-immigration-at-housing-town-hall/73334580007/ |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=[[Arizona Republic]] |date=April 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240417054917/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/16/kari-lake-talks-1864-abortion-law-illegal-immigration-at-housing-town-hall/73334580007/ |archive-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref>
Thereafter, on April 20, 2024, Lake changed her position again, returning to her earlier position of supporting the 1864 law, after [[Governor of Arizona]] [[Katie Hobbs]] and [[Arizona Attorney General]] [[Kris Mayes]] indicated that they would not prosecute offenders of the 1864 law. Lake said: "The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona. But unfortunately the people running our state have said we're not going to enforce it. So, it's really political theater. [...] We don't have that law, as much as many of us wish we did."<ref>{{cite news| url = https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4615634-kari-lake-arizona-abortion-ban/ | title = Kari Lake flips on Arizona abortion ban, says 'unfortunately' it's not being enforced| last = Weixel | first = Nathaniel| date = April 23, 2024 | work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | access-date = April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stracqualursi |first1=Veronica |title=Kari Lake bemoans fact that Arizona's 1864 abortion ban is not being enforced, in another apparent shift |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/kari-lake-abortion-arizona/index.html |access-date=April 24, 2024 |work=[[CNN]] |date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
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