Arizona supreme court upholds 1864 law banning almost all abortions<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s decision to reimpose a law from a time when Arizona wasn\u2019t a state, the civil war was raging, and women couldn\u2019t even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state,\u201d Mayes said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Read more at The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Arizona Supreme Court rules a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable<\/p>\n In a 4-2 ruling, the court\u2019s majority concluded that the 15-week ban \u201cdoes not create a right to, or otherwise provide independent statutory authority for, an abortion that repeals or restricts\u201d the Civil War-era ban \u201cbut rather is predicated entirely on the existence of a federal constitutional right to an abortion since disclaimed\u201d by the 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n Arizona Supreme Court Revives Total Abortion Ban<\/p>\n The case could have ended there, but Dr. Eric Hazelrigg, an anti-abortion OB-GYN from Gilbert, Arizona, who petitioned the court to be appointed as a \u201cguardian ad litem\u201d for the state\u2019s \u201cunborn\u201d children, intervened to appeal the lower court decision. Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a>, the conservative christian litigation shop known for its willingness to take on culture war cases, represented Hazelrigg.<\/p>\n The decision was four to two; all six of the Supreme Court\u2019s justices \u2014 four men and two women \u2014 were appointed by Republican governors.<\/p>\n Read more at Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n Arizona upholds an 1864 ban on abortion \u2014 making it illegal in the state<\/p>\n \u201cHow ironic that we would be here now with the state of Arizona\u2019s Supreme Court suggesting that we go back to a near-total ban from 1864, territorial days when women and people of color didn\u2019t even have the right to participate in their government,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Read more at 19th News <\/a><\/p>\n Arizona Supreme Court Greenlights Near-Total Abortion Ban, Making November Ballot Fight Existential<\/p>\n Habig said that the majority\u2019s layering of the 15-week ban\u2019s punishments atop the 1864 ones \u201cdefies the logic of standard statutory interpretation that you learn in law school.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey combined both of them into an even more draconian law,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Read more at Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n Full Panic Mode Kari Lake<\/p>\n She first denounced the 1864 law, which she said she supported as recently as last fall. She said she opposed today\u2019s ruling. She then demanded Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Republican state legislature \u201ccome up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support.\u201d She then said that the decision will be up to voters in the ballot initiative that will be on the November ballot, that is, the initiative she actually opposes.<\/p>\n Read more at Talking Points Memo <\/a><\/p>\n Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law banning nearly all abortions<\/p>\n \u201cMillions of Arizonans will soon live under an even more extreme and dangerous abortion ban, which fails to protect women even when their health is at risk or in tragic cases of rape or incest,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis ruling is a result of the extreme agenda of Republican elected officials who are committed to ripping away women\u2019s freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arizona supreme court upholds 1864 law banning almost all abortions \u201cToday\u2019s decision to reimpose a law from a time when Arizona wasn\u2019t a state, the civil war was raging, and women couldn\u2019t even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state,\u201d Mayes said in a statement. 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