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The state’s major abortion providers have halted procedures and canceled appointments.
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Reproductive rights groups in Arizona are condemning last week’s court ruling allowing a pre-statehood abortion ban to go into effect that would effectively outlaw nearly all abortions. The law was blocked for five decades until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade this summer.
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Planned Parenthood has asked an Arizona judge to put on hold a ruling that allowed prosecutors to enforce a Civil War-era law banning abortion in nearly all cases.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed enforcement of a 2021 Arizona law that lets prosecutors bring felony charges against doctors who knowingly terminate pregnancies solely because the fetuses have a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome.
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Abortion providers across Arizona have halted all procedures while they try to determine if a law dating to pre-statehood days banning abortion means their doctors and nurses will face prison time.
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The recently leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe versus Wade would upend five decades of legal precedent relating to reproductive rights. In Arizona, where fewer than 20 locations offer abortions statewide, providers are facing significant restrictions and even a potential outright ban on the procedure. Some organizations are even looking out of state for options to continue abortion access for residents. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius spoke with Planned Parenthood Arizona’s president and CEO Brittany Fonteno about how the possible court decision could affect heath care in the state.
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An anti-abortion group is trying again to get Arizona lawmakers to fund a service designed to persuade women not to seek an abortion.A similar measure was…