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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

An abortion ban enacted in 1864 is under review in the Arizona Supreme Court

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Arizona Supreme Court grilled lawyers Tuesday over whether a pre-statehood ban on nearly all abortions has been limited or made moot by other statutes enacted over the past 50 years.

The state’s high court is reviewing a lower-court decision that said doctors couldn’t be charged for performing the procedure in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy because other Arizona laws over the years have allowed them to provide abortions.

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