Court rules Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions

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Arizona supreme court upholds 1864 law banning almost all abortions

The Arizona supreme court ruled Tuesday to let a law banning almost all abortions in the state go into effect, a decision that could curtail abortion access in the US south-west and could make Arizona one of the biggest battlefields in the 2024 electoral fight over abortion rights.

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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake.

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The ruling that brings back a near-total abortion ban from 1864

The law provides no exceptions for rape or incest

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Why Arizona revived an abortion ban from 1864

Arizona just revived a Civil War-era law — written before it became a state — banning abortion with virtually no exceptions, causing chaos and confusion across the state. About That producer Lauren Bird examines how Arizona's Supreme Court decided the law is still enforceable, and what the ruling could mean at the 2024 ballot box.