An Arizona judge on Friday denied Planned Parenthood’s petition to suspend an earlier rule that stopped all abortions in the state.
Last Friday, Pima County Superior Court Judge Kelly Johnson announced a decision allowing enforcement of a prestatement law criminalizing the practice of abortion. rejected the appeal.
In her decision, Johnson said the abortion ban should remain enforceable because abortion rights groups are unlikely to appeal her original decision.
Both decisions made it clear that state abortion providers would perform abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, ruling that women have a constitutional right to abortion. hinders to
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Following the June decision, legal battles erupted across the country over the legality of abortion, including one in Pima County.
On September 23, Johnson ruled that the 1973 injunction must be lifted so that Civil War-era laws criminalizing abortion can be enforced.
Planned Parenthood and its Arizona chapter asked Johnson to stay her sentence Monday as it seeks to appeal the state’s abortion ban, citing the 50-year term of the injunction.
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On Saturday, a law banning 15-week abortions enacted last spring by the state legislature went into effect. This law was signed by Gov. Doug Ducey.
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Brittany Fonteno, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Arizona, said she was “outraged” by the ruling.
“Arizona people cannot be allowed to wake up every morning to elected officials who make conflicting statements about what laws are in effect or who claim they don’t know, but the courts can’t help clarifying or Refused to offer relief.
Some Arizona clinics are referring patients to health care providers in California and New Mexico.
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Civil War-era laws carry prison sentences of two to five years for offenders, such as doctors and abortion facilitators. Congress previously repealed a law that allowed penalties for women seeking abortions.
Arizona and 13 other states have banned abortions since Roe was overthrown.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.