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Arizona says century-old abortion ban can be enforced; EPA limits 'forever chemicals'

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Arizona's Supreme Court ruled that the state should follow a restrictive abortion ban passed during the Civil War. The near-total ban doesn't include exceptions for rape or incest and makes performing an abortion punishable by two to five years in prison. It includes an exception to save the woman's life. In the ruling, the judges wrote they would stay the decision for 14 business days, possibly longer, allowing abortions to continue during that time.

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