{"id":277598,"date":"2022-10-10T16:42:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T21:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=277598"},"modified":"2022-10-10T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:36:11","slug":"arizona-appeals-court-blocks-pro-life-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arizona-appeals-court-blocks-pro-life-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona appeals court blocks pro-life law, siding with Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Arizona Court of Appeals has issued an order<\/a> blocking a previous court decision allowing a law which protected nearly all preborn children from abortion to take effect.<\/p>\n

Previously, Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson ruled that an 1864 law takes precedence over a newer law. The 1864 law protects virtually all preborn children from abortion, but a newer law was passed earlier this year, before the Supreme Court released their decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em>. The newer law, signed by Governor Doug Ducey, protects preborn children from abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. After Roe v. Wade<\/em> fell, due to the Dobbs<\/em> decision, there was confusion over which law would take effect. The 15-week law specifically did not<\/em> repeal the older law, but there was also no trigger in place to repeal the 15-week law once Roe<\/em> was overturned.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood Arizona asked Johnson to put her ruling on hold, which she refused to do. Yet the appeals court sided with Planned Parenthood, blocking<\/a> Johnson’s order that had allowed the 1864 law to take effect. Abortion can now be committed again in the state of Arizona. According to a report<\/a> from USA Today, “The procedure\u00a0will presumably still be subject to a newer law that bans\u00a0abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Poll: Majority of Americans want abortion banned after 15 weeks<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n