Arizona Court Just Took Abortion Back to 1864
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to reinstate a 160-year-old law banning abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother.
The court overturned a law passed in 2022 that allows for abortions until 15 weeks, paving the way for the ban passed in 1864 to take effect and bringing the number of U.S. states with near-total abortion bans to 16.
The state’s highest court first heard arguments on the case in December, after the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that the two conflicting abortion bans needed to be “harmonized.”