Planned Parenthood asks AZ Supreme Court to block the 1864 abortion ban until repeal takes effect
Just after the Arizona Senate voted to repeal a territorial-era abortion ban on Wednesday, Planned Parenthood of Arizona filed a motion asking the state Supreme Court to issue a stay, delaying the implementation of the ban until after the repeal takes effect.
The near-total abortion ban was originally implemented in 1864 and then made unenforceable in 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court gave women the right to abortion via Roe v. Wade.
After the court voted to repeal Roe in June 2022, it became unclear whether the 1864 law would go into effect, or if a 15-week ban passed by Republicans just months earlier would supersede it.
On April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the 1864 law, which carries with it a 2 to 5 year prison sentence for doctors who perform an abortion for any other reason than saving a woman’s life, trumps that 2022 law.
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