For Star subscribers: The ruling comes over the objections of groups trying to convince the federal court judge that the law is flawed and interferes with doctor-patient relationships.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — An Arizona law outlawing abortions in cases of fetal genetic defects will not go undefended in court.
People are also reading… What makes his latest decision so important is that Republican Mark Brnovich, the state's former attorney general and defender of the law, left office at the end of last year after losing his bid for U.S. Senate. In his initial ruling in 2021, Rayes said the law imposed an undue burden on women, which prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings going back to Roe v. Wade found unconstitutional.
She said that"knowing" requirement — what can trigger criminal charges for doctors — puts them in the position of figuring out exactly what role a diagnosis of a fetal genetic condition played in the woman's desire to have an abortion and whether the diagnosis was the"sole" reason.
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