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Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Law Limiting Nearly All Abortions

Arizona Supreme Court made a historic decision The court ruled that the state must comply with a 123-year-old law that bans all abortions except to save the mother’s life. The law dates back to 1864 and imposes prison sentences of two to five years for abortionists. The judges heard arguments in the case, Arizona Planned […]

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Abortion Law Banning Nearly All Abortions

Abortion rights protesters chant during a pro-choice rally at the Tucson Federal Courthouse on Monday, July 4, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP) (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP) (AFP via Getty Images) OAN’s Chloe Hawkswell12:10pm – Tuesday, April 9, 2024 The Arizona Supreme Court has decided to uphold nearly all abortion bans in the […]

Arizona Supreme Court upholds near-total abortion ban

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that abortion is illegal in nearly all circumstances, returning the state to a 160-year-old pre-state law that criminalized abortion. The law also provides that “any person who furnishes, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman any medicine, drug or substance, or uses or uses any instrument or other […]

Arizona Supreme Court upholds Civil War-era abortion ban

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Civil War-era law that nearly completely bans all abortions in the state. The decision could play a major factor in the 2024 election, in which voters will likely weigh whether abortion rights should be added to the state’s constitution. Upholding the 160-year old law, passed before Arizona’s […]

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

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce a long-dormant law that criminalizes all abortions unless the mother’s life is in danger. The case examined whether the state’s pre-Arizona laws still apply. The 1864 law makes no exceptions for rape or incest, but allows abortion if the mother’s life is in danger. […]

Trump request to delay NY hush money trial denied by appeals court judge

A New York Court of Appeals judge on Tuesday rejected former President Trump’s attempt to delay his trial in the hush money case. Judge Cynthia Khan issued the ruling, rejecting an argument by Trump’s lawyers that the trial should be delayed until the full bench can hear arguments regarding the gag order against the former […]