Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy, a change triggered by a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that found officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman's life is at stake.

The court said enforcement won't begin for at least two weeks. The law provides no exceptions for rape or incest.

The number of abortions in the state is expected to drop from about 1,100 monthly — as estimated by a survey for the Society of Family Planning — to nearly zero. The forecast is based on what has happened i...

 

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