Judges grilled a state attorney over his claim a territorial-era law banning most abortions once again makes the practice a crime despite a new law permitting doctors to terminate a pregnancy through the 15th week.
Hanging in the balance is whether abortions will remain legal in Arizona.
People are also reading… Catlett argued lawmakers enacted the new law earlier this year, before the Supreme Court's ruling, just in case the high court, considering a nearly identical 15-week law from Mississippi, didn't fully overturn Roe. He pointed out SB 1164 specifically said it was not repealing the territorial-era law.
He insisted that, any way you read it, abortions at any time except to save the life of the mother are illegal. Attorney Sarah Mac Dougall, arguing for Planned Parenthood Arizona, said there is a simple way to resolve the issue without the court having to declare one statute or the other illegal.
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