What to know about the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that reinstates an 1864 near-total abortion ban
The law was enacted decades before Arizona became a state on Feb. 14, 1912. A court in Tucson had blocked its enforcement shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing the constitutional right to an abortion. The law predates Arizonas statehood provides no exceptions for rape or incest.