TUCSON, Ariz. — Republican Senate hopeful Kari Lake took criticism from both flanks of the abortion debate during a visit to the University of Arizona Thursday evening, as she and other candidates navigate the fallout from this week’s state Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban. Lake’s flip-flop on the law — which she called a “great law” in 2022 but now opposes and is pushing fellow Republicans to repeal — illustrates the tricky political position she and other Republicans find themselves in on abortion policy ahead...

Some Arizona Republicans — facing a new political reality — are claiming they did not realize a bill they supported in 2022 would open the door for a near-total abortion ban. Catch up quick: The 2022 law, which passed prior to the reversal of Roe, made it illegal to perform an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. • Yes, but: The bill language also explicitly stated that it did not repeal the Arizona statute — adopted in 1864 — that prohibits all abortions except when needed to save the life...