From NEWSMAX:
U.S. District Judge James Teilborg in Phoenix said the measure “does not impose a substantial obstacle in previability abortions,” according to his ruling upholding the law. A challenge to the law was brought by three doctors who said it’s preempted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
U.S. District Judge James Teilborg in Phoenix said the measure “does not impose a substantial obstacle in previability abortions,” according to his ruling upholding the law. A challenge to the law was brought by three doctors who said it’s preempted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
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Signed by Governor Jan Brewer in April, the law makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by as long as six months in jail, to perform an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in a medical emergencies to prevent death or “irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.”
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EDITOR: For discretionary abortions … not required to save the life of the woman … this seems reasonable and fair. Would that its adoption were to satify both Pro Choice and Pro Life advocates. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to be accepted by either.
