The Arizona measure, passed by the Republican-led legislature last week, states that physicians can provide abortions after 15 weeks only in cases of medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
- Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a restriction the U.S. Supreme Court could soon declare to be constitutional when it finishes reviewing a similar Mississippi ban this spring.
"In Arizona, we know there is immeasurable value in every life – including preborn life," the governor wrote in a letter on Wednesday. "I believe it is each state's responsibility to protect them." The court's decision could overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade precedent, which established the right to abortion before the fetus is viable, and it could pave the way for states to successfully pass stricter bans.
Brittany Fonteno, president of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, has criticized the state's bill as "harmful to pregnant people and their families" and said it was part of a longer-term effort to make abortion illegal in Arizona.
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