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Arizona abortion clinics sending women to other states

Abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The court ruled on Friday that abortion providers can sue, but only against certain officials.
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Abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The court ruled that abortion providers can sue, but only against certain officials.

Women seeking abortions across Arizona were forced to find alternatives beyond the state’s borders after a court ruling last week cleared the way for prosecutors to charge doctors and others who help a woman end a pregnancy unless her life is in danger.

The state’s major abortion providers immediately halted procedures and canceled appointments.

Providers in neighboring states, already seeing an increase in traffic from other conservative states that have banned abortion, were preparing to treat some of the 13,000 Arizona patients who get an abortion each year.