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POLITICO:
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Apr 9 '24, 10:42
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Arizona court upholds state’s 1864 total abortion ban
The state’s high court said it wouldn’t interfere with the legislature’s authority to craft abortion policy.
By MEGAN MESSERLY
04/09/2024 01:33 PM EDT
The Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a 160-year-old law outlawing abortions at any stage of pregnancy unless the patient’s life is in danger, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
The state’s high court, in a 4-2 decision, said that it wouldn’t interfere with the legislature’s authority to craft abortion policy and that lawmakers had voiced their “unwavering intent” since the passage of the 1864 law to prohibit the procedure.
The law won’t take effect for 14 days under the court’s decision, which the majority said would give the parties in the lawsuit time to pursue any outstanding issues at the trial court level.
Arizona became a state in 1912.
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