Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality

Published October 30, 2023 1:48 PM

By JACQUES BILLEAUD
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court is giving abortion rights advocates a chance to revive their bid to block an Arizona law that restricts abortions due to the presence of a fetal genetic abnormality, such as Down syndrome. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to a lower-court to consider the doctors’ request for a court order blocking the law. The law currently makes it a felony for doctors to perform such abortions. The appeals court didn’t rule on the merits of the challenge but concluded the doctors had legal standing to make the request.

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