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Arizona Judge: State Can Enforce Near-Total Abortion Ban

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An Arizona judge says the state can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years.

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  1. Local News 8

    Arizona judge to rule on law that would ban nearly all abortions in the state (opens Local News 8)

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    By Maeve Reston, CNN An Arizona Superior Court judge could rule as early as Tuesday on whether a 1901 ban on nearly all abortions in that state can be enforced, a court case that has created confusion about the current law in Arizona and could energize female voters to turn out in greater numbers in

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Arizona's 15-week abortion ban coming as other ban looms (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, even as a judge weighs whether a pre-statehood law that outlaws nearly all abortions will be

  3. 12News Phoenix

    Arizona's 15-week abortion ban starts Saturday. Here's what to expect (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday.

  4. Tucson

    Pima County judge rules Arizona's 1864 abortion ban is the law (opens Tucson)

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    Abortions in Arizona are now illegal.

  5. KYMA Yuma

    Arizona's abortion ban may go into effect on Sept. 24 (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    Arizona's 15-week abortion ban could go into effect tomorrow, that's if an Arizona Superior Court judge doesn't issue a ruling on a more restrictive abortion ban by today.

  6. Tucson

    Outright abortion ban is the Arizona law, Pima County judge rules (opens Tucson)

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    Nearly all abortions in Arizona are now illegal. Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson late Friday rejected arguments by Planned Parenthood of Arizona against the outright ban, on the

  7. NBC 6 South Florida

    Arizona Judge: State Can Enforce Near-Total Abortion Ban (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    An Arizona judge says the state can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years.

  8. Delaware Public Media

    An Arizona judge rules that the state can enforce a near-total abortion ban (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The judge lifted a decades-old injunction that has long blocked enforcement of the law on the books since before Arizona became a state that bans nearly all abortions.

  9. KTVZ Bend

    Arizona judge rules state can enforce near-total abortion ban (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Maeve Reston, CNN An Arizona Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a 1901 ban on nearly all abortions in that state can be enforced, a decision that is likely to see an appeal and is all but certain to galvanize female voters to turn out in greater numbers in the state’s closely contested US

  10. WHEC Rochester

    Arizona judge rules the state can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Arizona judge rules the state can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years.

  11. Portland Press Herald

    Arizona judge reinstates near-total abortion ban from 19th century (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The ban originated from a 1864 law, and has no exception for victims of rape or incest.

  12. Los Angeles Times

    Arizona can enforce near-total abortion ban, judge rules (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    An Arizona judge says the state can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years.

  13. Arizona Capitol Times

    Pima County judge lifts injunction on pre-statehood abortion ban | Arizona Capitol Times (opens Arizona Capitol Times)

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    A Pima County Superior Court judge lifted an injunction on Arizona’s near-complete territorial era abortion ban. “The court finds that because the legal basis entered for the judgment entered in 1973 has now been overruled, it must vacate the judgment in its entirety,” Judge Kellie Johnson wrote in …

  14. BizPac Review

    AZ judge rules state can enforce near-total abortion ban after 1864 law triggered by end of Roe (opens BizPac Review)

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    Leftists angered after Arizona banned all abortions except those where the life of the mother is at risk after Roe vs. Wade was overturned.

  15. Newsweek

    Democrats' chances of beating Arizona GOP as judge reinstates abortion ban (opens Newsweek)

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    A 158-year-old ban on abortion took effect in Arizona on Friday, potentially shaking up the battleground state's already-competitive midterm elections.

  16. Portland Press Herald

    Arizona judge ruled state can enforce near-total abortion ban (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.

  17. The Daily Caller

    Court Allows Arizona’s Near-Total Abortion Ban To Go Into Effect (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Arizona's Pima County Superior Court rescinded an injunction Friday stopping enforcement of a state ban on abortion unless necessary to save a mother's life.

  18. Fox10 Phoenix

    Injunction placed on Arizona abortion ban lifted, adding to confusion over legality of abortion (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said a judge in Pima County has lifted an injunction that was placed on Arizona's abortion statute.

  19. New York Times

    Arizona Judge Reinstates Strict Abortion Ban From 1864 (opens New York Times)

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    A 15-week abortion ban passed this year will take effect on Saturday. But the attorney general has argued that the near-total ban from the 19th century should take precedence.

  20. Insider

    Arizona is using a 121-year-old law — written more than a decade before it achieved statehood — to enforce a near-total abortion ban (opens Insider)

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    The law banning abortion was created years before Arizona became a state in 1912. The 1901 law only allows abortion if a woman's life is in jeopardy.

  21. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Arizona judge rules state can enforce near-total abortion ban | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Arizona judge rules state can enforce near-total abortion ban

  22. Fox10 Phoenix

    Injunction in Arizona abortion ban lifted, Attorney General Mark Brnovich says (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    An Arizona judge will hear arguments Friday on the state’s request to allow prosecutors to enforce a near-total ban on abortions under a law that has been blocked for nearly 50 years under a now-overruled U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

  23. The Week

  24. 12News Phoenix

    'Outraged and devastated': Arizona officials react to judge's ruling on near-total abortion ban (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    State officials and politicians have varying opinions on a Pima County judge's ruling that allows a pre-statehood law banning abortion to take effect.

  25. Deutsche Welle

    US: Arizona can enforce near-total abortion ban, judge rules | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A court in the state of Arizona has upheld a century-old ban on abortions. In response, the White House said it would continue to press Congress to codify the right to abortion recently overturned at the Supreme Court.

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