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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vivian Ho

First Thing: Arizona supreme court upholds near-total abortion ban

Abortion rights activists protest near the Tucson Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, with one woman holding up signs reading
Abortion rights activist protests during a Pro Choice rally near the Tucson federal courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images

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The Arizona supreme court ruled on Tuesday to allow a law banning almost all abortions to go into effect. The law was passed in 1864, before Arizona became a state, but went unenforced for decades after the US supreme court legalized abortion nationwide in its 1973 decision in Roe v Wade.

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