Friday’s nationally watched ruling by a Pima County judge allowing Arizona to enforce a ban on virtually all abortions is unlikely to end the legal fight.
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Friday’s nationally-watched ruling by a Pima County judge allowing Arizona to enforce a ban on virtually all abortions is unlikely to end the legal fight.
Moreover, Johnson didn’t rule on the legality of an Arizona law approved earlier this year by the Republican-controlled Legislature that allows women to terminate a pregnancy through the 15th week of gestation. All she said, in essence, is that the newer law does not supersede or replace provisions in the older one. In fact, legislators spelled out in the new law that they were not repealing the old law.
That isn’t the only legal issue left unsettled by Johnson’s ruling, said Brittany Fonteno, the organization’s president. About the only change made to it in the last 158 years was a 2021 vote by lawmakers to exempt the pregnant woman from any penalty. Anyone else who performs an abortion, including doctors, remains subject to criminal charges.
She rejected arguments by attorneys from Planned Parenthood that abortion restrictions passed since 1973 effectively legalized the procedure and repealed the 1864 law. Johnson specifically said that includes SB 1164, the 15-week ban approved by Arizona lawmakers earlier this year on the belief the justices would uphold a similar Mississippi law but leave Roe untouched.
Hobbs and Mayes have sought to use the issue — and their foes' support for outlawing abortion — to generate votes in what could be close general election contests. Hobbs said at a news conference Saturday that if elected governor, she will call on her first day in office for a special legislative session to repeal the abortion ban.
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