A day after former President Trump thought he'd tamped down the GOP's exposure on abortion, one of 2024's key battlegrounds popped it back up.

• The Arizona Supreme Court, controlled by GOP-appointed justices, upheld today a 1864 law that allowed abortion only to save the life of the mother.

Why it matters: Trump ushered in the end of Roe vs. Wade and its national protection of abortion rights, and now his party is suffering a massive voter backlash.

• Abortion rights have yet to lose since the end of Roe when the decision has been up to voters instead of legislators or courts.

The big picture: Despite the backlash, state-level Republicans have responded to the end of Roe by pushing extremely strict restrictions on abortion, including many that effectively outlaw the practice.

The state court ruling creates a stark contrast in November:

• Republicans have ushered in a near-total ban.
• Democrats are pushing a state constitutional amendment for the ballot to protect abortion rights up to 24 weeks.

In a sign of the toxicity of the ruling, likely GOP Senate nominee Kari Lake disavowed it, despite previously supporting the law the ruling upheld.

• Lake today: "I oppose today's ruling, and I am calling on [Democratic Gov.] Katie Hobbs and the state Legislature to come up with an immediate commonsense solution that Arizonans can support."
• Lake in 2022: The near-total ban is a "great law" and sets an example for other states.

Go deeper:

• Republicans rush to distance from "disaster" Arizona abortion ruling
• Biden slams Arizona abortion ban as "extreme and dangerous"

Notable fights to watch, via Axios' Sareen Habeshian.

• Florida voters will weigh in on a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights until 24 to 28 weeks, after a six-week ban was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
• In Montana, Democratic-aligned groups are working to put a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot.
• Nevada organizers are working to put up an amendment to protect abortion rights through 28 weeks.

Go deeper

After pleas from their Senate colleagues, House Republicans are delaying the formal process that would initiate the impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Axios' Stef Kight reports.

Why it matters: Senate Democrats plan to quickly dismiss the charges against Mayorkas, which Republicans called "nuking impeachment." Several GOP senators sought the delay in a last-ditch effort to buy more time to try to block that effort.

• House Republicans now plan to send over the impeachment articles on Monday instead of tomorrow.
• Mayorkas became the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached since 1876 in a narrow House vote that took two tries.

The bottom line: This trial is going nowhere.

• While some Republicans are furious at Democrats for not taking the time to consider the articles being sent from the House, others may join Democrats in voting to dismiss them.

The Bidens pose with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko Kishida, at the White House today.