Republican Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, a staunch opponent to abortion, reportedly is lobbying lawmakers in her state to find an alternative to a Civil War-era state law that calls for an almost outright ban on the procedure.

Lake appears to be shifting to a more moderate stance on abortion favored by former President Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential candidate in November, and Republicans need to strike that kind of a tone, Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Newsmax on Monday.

“It’s an indication of how important the role of abortion will be in the 2024 election,” Mace told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “We saw its effect in 2022, especially in the House. We lost seats that we should have won because we didn’t talk about [abortion] in a compassionate way how Republicans support women and where that middle ground is.

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