Leaders, activists and groups across Arizona are reacting to the state Supreme Court's ruling to revert to a 1864 pre-statehood law, handing Arizona one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in a 4-2 decision on Monday that the 1864 ban on abortion altogether will take effect in two weeks, instead of keeping a 2022 law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. “Absent the federal constitutional abortion right, and because [the law] does not independently authorize abortion, there is no provision in federal or state law prohibiting [the law’s] operation. Accordingly, [the 1864 law] is now enforceable,” the court’s...
The action by the court’s Republican-appointed judges comes days after Florida’s Supreme Court all but prohibited abortion, effective next month.
South Dakota's near-total abortion ban makes it one of the states Just the Pill has focused on. The organization has provided service to more than 7,500 patients since starting as a nonprofit in 2020.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday on the question of whether prosecutors overreached in charging J6 defendants with obstructing the counting of electoral ballots.
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On Tuesday, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments on rioters involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which could potentially impact former President Donald Trump in his ongoing
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on whether the state’s six-week abortion ban should go into effect after a Polk County Judge temporarily blocked the law from being enacted. The court heard arguments Thursday on the constitutionality of an abortion ban in the state. State Solicitor General Eric Wessan argued the court should
Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Arizona to promote the killing of the unborn following a historic ruling from the state supreme court upholding an 1864 law that bars nearly all abortions.
The five men and two women were all appointed by Republican governors.
The court ruled that the state must abide by a 123-year-old law which bars all abortions except to save the life of the mother.
The Arizona Supreme court has allowed a near-total abortion ban to go into effect, only allowing care to save the life of the mother, further restricting the procedure.
Justices rule to hold off on requiring state to enforce ban for 14 days, to