Obstetrician appeals decision over Arizona abortion law

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Published March 2, 2023 2:57 PM

By JACQUES BILLEAUD
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — The medical director of anti-abortion pregnancy centers is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision on abortion. The decision concluded abortion doctors couldn’t be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law. The law bans the procedure in nearly all cases. Dr. Eric Hazelrigg is seeking to reverse the ruling that said doctors couldn’t be charged for performing abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. Hazelrigg argues other laws passed over the years allow doctors to perform the procedure. Abortions are currently allowed in Arizona in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. The 1864 law Hazelrigg is challenging allows abortions only if a mother’s life is in danger.

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