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BumRushDaShow

(127,295 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 07:52 PM Sep 2022

Arizona judge says state can enforce near-total abortion ban

Source: PBS News Hour

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics across the state will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers.

An injunction has long blocked enforcement of a law, on the books since before Arizona became a state, that bans nearly all abortions. The only exemption is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy. The ruling also means people seeking abortions will have to go to another state to obtain one. An appeal of the ruling is likely.

The decision from Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson came more than a month after she heard arguments on Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s request to lift the injunction.

It had been in place since shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in the Roe v. Wade case, which held that women had a constitutional right to abortion. The high court overturned Roe on June 24 and said states can regulate abortion as they wish.



Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/arizona-judge-says-state-can-enforce-near-total-abortion-ban



This has been breaking and brings back the old Arizona law (separate from their newer 15-week one).
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Arizona judge says state can enforce near-total abortion ban (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 2022 OP
Hey Arizonia, the midterms are in November. How about sending a message to the republicans JohnSJ Sep 2022 #1
That's what I immediately Cha Sep 2022 #3
+++ JohnSJ Sep 2022 #6
Roe, Roe, Roe your vote Arizona and get this thing taken off the books. ificandream Sep 2022 #2
Appointed by Gov. Douchebag. nt in2herbs Sep 2022 #4
K. and R. Thanks for posting. no text Stuart G Sep 2022 #5
K & R ... n/t wackadoo wabbit Sep 2022 #7
damn. Dems in AZ better vote!!!!!! riversedge Sep 2022 #8
I just got my AZ overseas ballot overnight LittleGirl Sep 2022 #9
So did I. Time to vote against every Republican. AZLD4Candidate Sep 2022 #10
GREAT! Love it!* Grins Sep 2022 #11

JohnSJ

(91,946 posts)
1. Hey Arizonia, the midterms are in November. How about sending a message to the republicans
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 08:04 PM
Sep 2022

what you think of this jackass decision


Grins

(7,132 posts)
11. GREAT! Love it!*
Sat Sep 24, 2022, 02:48 PM
Sep 2022

Arizonans voted for this, now, as Mencken once said, they are going to get what they voted for. So prepare to reap the whirlwind!

A gift just weeks before a national election.

(* Not actually.)

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