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Planned Parenthood Arizona said it will appeal a Pima County judge's ruling that restored a territorial-era law that criminalized abortion in the state, a ruling that has effectively shuttered abortion services in Arizona.
A near-total ban on abortion in Arizona that was written in 1864 but has been blocked since 1973 can now be enforced, a Pima County judge ruled late Friday afternoon, criminalizing almost every abortion in the Grand Canyon State.
Though pro-lifers expect the abortion lobby to contest a recent victory for life, Arizona's near-total abortion ban will likely remain the law of the land.
Politicians from both sides of the aisle as well as a healthcare clinic spoke out on the ground-shaking ruling.
A Pima County judge has ruled to lift an injunction on a state territory-era abortion law Friday after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this summer.