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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Arizona supreme court to hear case on state’s 1864 abortion ban

Abortion rights campaigners march through downtown after demonstrating outside of Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., May 3, 2022.
Abortion rights campaigners in Tucson, Arizona, in May 2022. The consequences of a near-total ban in Arizona could reverberate across the south-west. Photograph: Reuters

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The Arizona state supreme court will today hear arguments in a case over whether to reinstate an abortion ban that originated in 1864, before Arizona even became a state. The ban blocks people from helping to “procure the miscarriage” of a pregnant woman and allows abortions only to save her life. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.

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