Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson has delivered her decision: Arizona's restrictive abortion ban is officially law.
A little over one month since Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson heard arguments in the case between Planned Parenthood of Tucson and the Arizona Attorney General's office, Judge Johnson delivered her ruling on Friday, Sept. 23, determining which of Arizona's two abortion laws will stand in the state.
The order also lifts the 1973 court order that stopped enforcement of the old pre-statehood law, now codified in Arizona as Revised Statute 13-3603. President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona issued the following statement in response to the ruling: Let me be clear, this is not the end of the fight, this harmful ban has no place in Arizona and we will persist until that is achieved. The arguments Johnson heard on Friday, Aug. 19 weighed the choice between two existing laws: The first, total abortion ban dating back to 1901, which Attorney General Mark Brnovich tweeted was"back in effect" when the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year overturned 1973's Roe v. Wade ruling.