Appeals Court Blocks Near-Total Abortion Ban in Arizona
The Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily blocked a 150-year-old law in the state that bans nearly all abortions.
The three-member panel’s ruling (pdf) comes after a state judge ruled on Sept. 23 (pdf) to lift an injunction against the abortion ban, which makes it a crime to provide an abortion unless the mother’s life is in danger. On Sept. 30, the judge—Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson—rejected an effort by abortion activists to freeze her order (pdf).
The panel on Friday said that Johnson had erred in her ruling, and granted Planned Parenthood’s motion for an emergency stay….