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.
In a historic decision Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a 123-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life. The law, which can be traced to as early as 1864 and was codified in 1901, also carried a prison sentence of two to five years for abortion providers. There is a 14-day stay on the law. Arizona’s near-total abortion ban will be one of the strictest in the nation, placing it alongside Texas,...
(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.
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
The five men and two women were all appointed by Republican governors.
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.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a strong pro-life law banning virtually all abortions can take effect in 14 days, though left-wing activists hope to undo the decision with a ballot initiative in November.
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...
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
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