An Arizona law that could subject abortion providers to criminal prosecutions under a variety of state statutes will be the subject of a July 8 hearing in the state’s federal trial court.
Known as the interpretation policy, the provision requires that all Arizona statutes be “interpreted and construed” to “acknowledge” the rights of fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses at any stage of development.
The federal constitutional right to end a pregnancy before viability—struck down by the US Supreme Court June 24—was the only thing preventing the policy from being used to criminalize all abortions in Arizona, two doctors who perform ...
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