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Arizona Republicans fight culture war in battleground state

FILE — Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey gives his state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. GOP lawmakers thrust Arizona into the national culture wars Thursday, March 24, 2022, when they passed three bills in party-line votes banning abortion after 15 weeks, prohibiting transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams and restricting gender-affirming health care for minors. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

FILE - Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Arizona Capitol, April 18, 2019, in Phoenix. GOP lawmakers on Thursday, March 24, 2022, passed strict measures targeting abortion and the rights of transgender young people. "I will not stop fighting for women. I will not stop standing for women. I will not stop speaking for women. Especially my daughters, who wanted to win," Bowers said in explaining his support for the bill. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

FILE - A number of Arizona reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates protest an abortion bill at the Arizona Capitol Monday, April 26, 2021, in Phoenix. GOP lawmakers thrust Arizona into the national culture wars Thursday, March 24, 2022, when they passed three bills in party-line votes banning abortion after 15 weeks, prohibiting transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams and restricting gender-affirming health care for minors. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Republicans fight culture war in battleground state