In court hearings today Arizona's Attorney General argued for returning Arizona to an abortion law that predates Arizona statehood and imposes a total ban on abortions except to protect the life of the mother. A ruling may not come until late September.
Planned Parenthood argued for enforcing a law recently passed by the Arizona Legislature that still allows some abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Now it's up to Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson to rule which law should be enforced. She said she may rule late next month. Planned Parenthood attorneys argued that enforcing the older law ignores many other abortion related laws passed both before and after the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed a right to abortion in Roe vs. Wade.
A new Supreme Court ruling in June overturned Roe and set the stage for the dispute Judge Johnson is being asked to decide.Craig Smith is a reporter for KGUN 9. With more than 30 years of reporting in cities like Tampa, Houston and Austin, Craig has covered more than 40 Space Shuttle launches and covered historic hurricanes like Katrina, Ivan, Andrew and Hugo. Share your story ideas and important issues with Craig by emailing [email protected] or by connecting on Facebook and Twitter.
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