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.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned. The ruling allows an 1864 law in Arizona to stand that criminalized abortion by making it a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs or helps a woman obtain one. The law — which was codified again in 1901, and...
The action by the court’s Republican-appointed judges comes days after Florida’s Supreme Court all but prohibited abortion, effective next month.
What to know about the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that reinstates an 1864 near-total abortion ban
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions. The law revived Tuesday drastically alters the legal landscape for terminating pregnancies. It also places the politics of abortion access front
The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions, drastically altering the legal landscape within the state around terminating pregnancies. The law predating Arizona’s statehood provides no exceptions for rape
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions, drastically altering the legal landscape within the state around terminating pregnancies. The law predating Arizona’s statehood provides no exceptions for rape or incest and allows abortions only if the []
The 158-year-old law criminalises abortions and those who help a woman obtain one
April 9 (UPI) — The Arizona Supreme Court is upholding a law from 1864, cementing a near-total abortion ban across the state. The 4-2 court ruling issued Tuesday finds the 160-year-old law is still enforceable, making abortion a felony. Anyone convicted of performing or helping a woman obtain the procedure is subject to a prison term of between two and […] The post Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law, making near-total ban on abortion first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1864 abortion ban, making nearly all abortions in the state illegal and potentially criminalizing healthcare providers with up to five years in prison. The justices said that after the fall of Roe a Civil War-era law, that existed before Arizona became a state, took precedence over a 15-week […]
Chris Love, Senior Advisor for Arizona for Abortion Access and Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Attorney join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the news out of Arizona with that states Supreme Court upholding a pre-civil war law which is a near total abortion ban for that state.