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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Via AP news wire

Arizona court to review ruling that abortion doctors can't be charged under pre-statehood law

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s conclusion that abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that bans the procedure in nearly all cases.

The high court decided on Tuesday that it would review the Arizona Court of Appeals ruling that said doctors couldn’t be charged for performing abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy because other Arizona laws passed over the years allow them to perform the procedure.

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