¶ Lamb Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
¶ During His 2016 Campaign For County Sheriff, Lamb Touted His Anti-Choice Agenda
2016: Lamb Campaigned As An Anti-Choice Candidate And Claimed Life Began At Conception. According to Lamb for Sheriff, accessed via Wayback Machine, “Mark will protect all stages of human life, from conception to natural death. All people, regardless of age, are created in the image of God.” [Lamb for Sheriff, accessed via Wayback Machine, 10/10/16]
Lamb Campaigned On The “Moral Principle” That Men And The State Are Responsible For Protecting Women. According to Lamb for Sheriff, accessed via Wayback Machine, “Women and Children First Initiative Women and Children First Initiative is the guiding moral principle that states it is the moral duty of men and the state to place the needs of women and children above their own. All moral societies are evidenced by the freedoms and protections of their women and children. As a man of religious moral conviction, Mark is committed to making this principle one of his highest priorities. Mark will conduct his Office with the highest integrity into matters pertaining to the protection of women and children and ensure that those who abuse them are prosecuted to the highest extent of the law.” [Lamb for Sheriff, accessed via Wayback Machine, 10/10/16]
¶ Lamb Made Crude Comments About Abortion Care
¶ Lamb Made Inflammatory Comments About Individuals Who Received Abortions, Likening The Medical Procedure To Murder And Celebrated The Supreme Court’s Ruling To Overturn Roe V. Wade
In Response To The Leaked Supreme Court Opinion That Stated The Court’s Intention To Overturn Roe V Wade, Lamb Posted On Instagram “Imagine If You Were Able To Kill Someone Who Was An Inconvenience To You & Get Away With It… Oh Yeah It's Called Abortion.” Jessica Pishko tweeted, “Sheriff Mark Lamb campaigned for sheriff on an anti-abortion platform, so I figured it was only a matter of time before he said something on social media. See my profile here:” [Twitter, @JessPish, 5/5/22]
Lamb Celebrated The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade. Lamb posted, “God is good!! Doing what is right is not easy. . . #supremecourt #godisgood #life #fearnotdoright 32w” [Instagram, @Americansheriff, 6/24/22]
Lamb Said The Overturning Of Roe Was Fifty Years Of Prayers Answered. According to American Sheriff: Rules to Live By, “And just today the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade in a landmark decision, answering fifty years of prayers from pro-life Americans across this country. There are no guarantees that every case will be ruled on the way conservatives wish, but as a general rule so far, the constitution is holding strong.” [American Sheriff: Rules to Live By, pg 74, 9/24/22]
Lamb Said The Supreme Court Was Right To Strike Down Roe V. Wade. “I do believe that they got it right when they took it out of the hands of the federal government. I think the Dobbs decision was correct. Putting it back on the states, I don't think that was something that's in the Constitution or really that should be a federal issue. I think that should be a state issue. So I like that it's in the state's hands.” [The Gaggle Podcast, 5/1/24]
[VIDEO] Lamb Said The Dobbs Decision Was Appropriate. “I think that the Dobbs decision was appropriate. It does not belong in the federal government. I don't need the federal government to set my moral compass. I don't think anybody wants the metro for the federal government setting their moral compass. This was appropriately put back in the state’s hands, and the states are going to have to make a decision.” [KNXV-TV, 5/14/24]
¶ Lamb Suggested That Abortion Was Not A Women’s Rights Issue
[VIDEO] Lamb Said Abortion Was An “Attack On Children” And Accused The Left Of Trying To “Play It Off As A Women’s Rights” Issue. “What Brave Books is doing is really one of the solutions. Look, for those people who don't know a lot about history, communism, socialism, the Rules for Radicals written by Saul Alinsky. One of the things he talks about is educating the children. They started in the universities. It trickled down to the high schools, then the junior highs. And now it's right straight out in our face, right in our elementary schools, in our public libraries. They are trying to push—look, everything is an attack on our children. The abortion issue is an attack on our children. They they play it off as women's rights. But it's really about aborting life in the woman—in the mother's womb.” [Fresh Perspective with Jeff Charles, 1/11/23]
Lamb Complained That The Mother And Her Health Were Prioritized With “No Regard For The Baby” When Discussing Abortion. According to American Sheriff: Rules to Live By, “Pro-abortion people will say, ‘What about the mother and her health?’ with no regard for the baby’s life or health. The pro-mask people will say, ‘You should wear a mask for other people so you don’t infect them’ with no care about your health. The pro-vaccine people will tell you, ‘You need to get vaccinated so you don’t infect other people’ without a thought for your health or of the possible negative side effects or how it might go against you moral or religious choices. These are just a few examples that illustrate what Thomas Paine was talking about. Though their arguments are noble causes, it doesn’t make them right or not tyrannical.” [American Sheriff: Rules to Live By, pgs 99-100, 9/24/22]
Lamb Attacked Reproductive Rights Activists As Hypocrites For Saying My Body My Choice When It Came To “Killing Babies.” According to American Sheriff: Rules to Live By, “Suddenly, the hypocrites who claim ‘my body, my choice’ when it comes to killing babies, were now the irrational bullies who pushed the vaccine the hardest.” [American Sheriff: Rules to Live By, pg 97, 9/24/22]
¶ Lamb Supported Anti-Abortion Judges
Lamb Signed Onto A Letter Of Supreme For Amy Coney Battett’s Nomination To The Supreme Court. Lamb tweeted, “I am proud to join 250 other leaders from the law enforcement community in signing this letter of support for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. #supremecourt #amyconeybarrett #lawenforcement @WhiteHouse “ [Twitter, @sherifflamb1, 10/23/20]
Lamb Celebrated Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination To The Supreme Court. Lamb tweeted, “Congratulations to Amy Coney Barrett on her nomination to the Supreme Court. And thank you to @realDonaldTrump for your swift action as President and for following the Constitution. #SupremeCourt #excellentchoice #America #AmyConeyBarrett @WhiteHouse” [Twitter, @sherifflamb1, 9/26/20]
¶ Lamb Supported Abortion Bans
¶ Lamb Did Not Oppose The Arizona Supreme Court Effectively Outlawing Abortion
[AUDIO] Lamb Said He Was Not Surprised By The Arizona Supreme Court Ruling That Made Abortion Effectively Illegal In Arizona. “I think the left and the Democrats want to suck everybody in on this emotional issue without taking a deep breath and just saying, Hey, this is what I think. I'm pro life. I always have been. I don't think that the ruling was any surprise.” [Conservative Circus With James T Harris, 4/11/24]
¶ Lamb Supported Arizona’s Territorial Abortion Ban
Lamb Said “Any Law That Defends Life To The Maximum Is Something I Like.” “I believe in protecting life. I think that obviously things have changed since 1864. But I also think that any law that defends life to the maximum is something I like.” [The Gaggle Podcast, 5/1/24]
¶ Lamb Said He Had “A Responsibility And A Duty To Prosecute Or File Charges” Related To Arizona’s Territorial Abortion Ban
Lamb Said He Had An Obligation To Enforce Arizona’s Territorial Abortion Ban. “So as long as that law is there, I mean, obviously we have a responsibility and a duty to prosecute or file charges, if that's what the law says, until they change it or if they change it.” [The Gaggle Podcast, 5/1/24]
Lamb Admitted He Was Unfamiliar With The Parameters Of The Territorial Abortion Ban. “I've got to look and see exactly what the requirements of the law are. Who has to be the victim, who reports it, how that laws prosecuted. Those are things that my county attorney and I are going to have to sit down. [...] I wish I could tell you I knew the law backwards and forwards right now, but I don't. But that's certainly something we're going to have to dive into in the next week here.” [The Gaggle Podcast, 5/1/24]
Lamb Did Not Know If Pinal County Had An Abortion Clinic. “I frankly don't even know if we have abortion clinics in our county. I'm going to have to look into that and just get a feel for what exactly is the magnitude of what we're dealing with.” [The Gaggle Podcast, 5/1/24]
¶ Lamb Opposed Legalized Abortion
¶ Lamb Opposed A 2024 Ballot Measure To Make Abortion Legal In Arizona
[AUDIO] Lamb Opposed A Ballot Measure To Legalize Abortion In Arizona. “You know, for those people who are so pro abortion, there's likely going to be a ballot measure on the ballot this year. Well, I think that ballot measure is horrible. And I hope that people don't pass it. There will be a ballot measure on the ballot as well this year.” [Conservative Circus With James T Harris, 4/11/24]
[VIDEO] Lamb Said The Proposed Ballot Initiative “Goes Way Too Far” And Would Lead To Sexual Assault. “I will tell you, I hope that people do not vote for that because as it is, it's a terrible bill that goes way too far. It allows for abortion up until the day of birth . It also allows for a human trafficker to take his victims or his people that he traffics in to get an abortion without any repercussions. It allows, let's say, a high school coach or teacher to impregnate a teenage girl and take her into one of those clinics and get an abortion without notifying the parents. And I'm not okay with that as a law enforcement guy. And I don't think any of the citizens of Arizona are. So please look into that bill. It goes too far.” [KNXV-TV, 5/14/24]
¶ Lamb Said Democrats Used Abortion As A Distraction From Other Policy Issues
[AUDIO] Lamb Said Democrats’ Focus On Abortion Was A Distraction From Their Policy Failures. “My problem with it, I think the Democrats have, they are now waving this as their banner for winning elections. The whole premise is they want to play on an emotional issue get you to be a single issue voter. And they don't want you to focus on the other issues that are affecting not just the portion of Americans, but it's affecting all Americans. And that's going to be things like the border, and the national security that comes along with it along with the fentanyl deaths that are happening every year. It matters to the economy, it's breaking families, you've got crime on the rise, you've got businesses hurting all of these things come into play. And the left is going to take this decision and try to play on everybody's emotion to people to be a single issue voter and get you to forget the fact that they have failed in every other category.” [Conservative Circus With James T Harris, 4/11/24]
¶ Lamb Claimed Democrats Wanted Abortion Up To The Day Of Birth
[AUDIO] Lamb Said Democrats Supported Abortions Until The Day Of Birth. “I spent two decades in this career defending life defending the health of women defending teenagers, children. And I don't think that's the extremism. The real extremism is the fact that the left and the Democrats want to take the life of the child up until the day of birth. I think that's the extremism that they should be trying to defend.” [Conservative Circus With James T Harris, 4/11/24]
¶ Personhood Legislation
¶ Lamb Refused To Take A Stance On A Federal Personhood Bill
Lamb Said Personhood Legislation Should Be Left To The States. “HOST: There has been some interest in a federal personhood law. Where do you stand on that? [...] LAMB: Well, I think it should be to the states, you know, but also I don't look to the federal government. I hope that everybody out there listening is not looking to the federal government to answer our moral solutions, our moral problems. [...] Having said that, I also, you know, go back to my original statement that I'm always going to do what I can to defend life. I would hope that it's not at the federal level. I think it's appropriately in the hands of the states. And I think that the 10th Amendment secures that, and I think they should stick with that.” [The Gaggle Podcast, 5/1/24]