Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law that bans most abortions
Newsy
This ruling makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal, with the exception of cases to save the mother's life.
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban on Tuesday.
"To date, our legislature has never affirmatively created a right to, or independently authorized, elective abortion," the court's opinion stated.
This 4-2 ruling makes nearly all abortion in the state illegal, with the exception of cases in which the procedure is needed to save the mother's life.
It also wipes out a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, which was made law in 2022, prior to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade.
After the constitutional right to an abortion was overturned later that year, Arizona still had a law on the books from 1864 that banned nearly all abortions, including in cases of rape or incest.
