A 158-year-old abortion ban became a present-day fact of life in Arizona last week when a state judge ruled it could be enforced in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning constitutional protection of abortion rights in June.
A separate ban at 15 weeks of pregnancy, signed into law this year, was to take effect the next day, but state Attorney General Mark Brnovich said the stricter decades-old law, which allows no time frame to attain an abortion early in a pregnancy, should take precedence.
The judge who ruled that the 1800s ban remains in effect Friday rejected a Planned Parenthood request toThe 1800s law calls for two to five years in prison for anyone providing an abortion. As with some of the other older bans, the only exception is the life of the pregnant woman.How is an 1849 ban affecting abortion access in Wisconsin?
The legal status of Wisconsin's 1849 ban remains murky since a judge hasn't yet ruled on the Democratic state attorney general's effort to stop its enforcement. What is clear is thatleft providers uncertain about whether the 173-year-old law was in effect.Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state's 173-year-old ban on abortions.
Beyond the direct effect on abortion access, the uncertainty caused by the ban is keeping abortion front and center in one of the swing states that will help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. "Abortion as an issue is looming large in campaign ads, especially in the governor's race, but also in the U.S. Senate race," Higgins said.
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