I saw a story elsewhere that said Arizona had passed a statute in 2022 establishing a 15 week limit, presumably with the usual exceptions regarding significant and carefully defined physical health risks to the mother. I presume this would have been done after the USSC ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson.
If that is correct, the Arizona Supreme Court apparently held that an 1864 statute supersedes a 2022 statute on the same matter. Political gamesmanship was the first thought that came to mind, but I don’t know anything about the composition of the Arizona Supreme Court.
The pro-abortion response, however, was entirely predictable. Once again, they have run up a false flag and are using the 1864 statute to drum up support for a bait and switch constitutional amendment with open-ended language intended to abolish not only time limits but parental notification and consent, informed consent, fathers’ rights, counseling on alternatives to abortion including adoption, etc.
>>” ....the Arizona Supreme Court apparently held that an 1864 statute supersedes a 2022 statute on the same matter.”
It appears that way. I’m not sure what legal justification they made for doing so. I’m not a lawyer, but at least on its face it seems to be a very poor legal decision, likely motivated by politics.