Attorney General Mark Brnovich is reviewing the law that has been in place since 1901 since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade last week. Abortion clinics across Arizona stopped the process immediately after Friday’s court ruling for fear of prosecution. Other states also face when and how to impose nationally banned bans under Roe. The Louisiana Attorney General on Wednesday issued a warning to doctors not to have abortions, despite a judge’s order preventing the state from enforcing the ban. In a letter to the Louisiana State Medical Association, Attorney General Jeff Landry said Monday’s state judge’s imputation order “has a limited scope” and abortion is a crime from Friday’s ruling in the states. power to prohibit abortions. “It is up to this office to advise you that any medical provider who performs or has had a selective abortion following a Dobbs Supreme Court ruling jeopardizes his or her freedom and medical leave,” Landry wrote, referring to Friday’s ruling. . The Supreme Court ruling has sparked legal battles in many states where lawmakers have sought to ban or restrict abortions. The two Kentucky abortion clinics asked a judge Wednesday to issue a temporary restraining order to block a state law that went into effect after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday. Lawyers for a Louisville clinic have argued that the Kentucky Constitution allows for abortion. They said one of the clinics withdrew about 200 potential patients from Friday’s decision. The clash in Arizona between two Republicans was not unexpected. The leader of the group that helped draft the bill and the Republican senator who supported him, Nancy Barto, argued that the old law could be enforced. They pointed to a specific provision that said it did not circumvent this law. Brnovic came down to their side. “Our office has concluded that the legislature has made clear its intentions regarding abortion laws,” Bromovic wrote on Twitter. “ARS 13-3603 (the law before the state) is back in force and will not be repealed” when the new law enters into force in late September. Ducey’s spokesman, CJ Karamargin, said the governor’s office was reviewing Brnovich’s decision and had no immediate comment. Abortion providers also cited the old law, and another passed last year, which provided all rights to ova and embryos, as reasons to suspend the proceedings. The old law was in force at least from 1901, 12 years before the state. He says anyone who helps a pregnant woman have an abortion can be sentenced to two to five years in prison. The only exception is if the woman’s life is in danger. It has been blocked since 1973, but Brnovich says he will make sure the order is removed. Lawyers for Ohio abortion providers called on the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to use its powers to overturn the abortion ban with the first detectable “fetal heartbeat.” The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Planned Parenthood, and others have argued that the law violates the broader protection of the individual liberty of the Ohio Constitution. A challenge to the abortion ban in West Virginia was announced Wednesday by the state ACLU. The organization said she was involved with others in filing a lawsuit in Kanawha County District Court on behalf of the West Virginia Women’s Health Center. The ACLU says the state ban dates back to 1800 and has been replaced by numerous laws that have been passed since then, including the 20-week abortion ban passed in 2015 and recognizing the patient’s right to an abortion. Earlier, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was quick to warn that selective abortions are illegal in the state. His announcement on Friday came after the removal of a federal judge shortly after the Supreme Court ruling. The decision has also led to an increase in demand for emergency contraceptives – and restrictions by some retailers on the number of emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, In Louisiana, Landry’s spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The three abortion clinics in the state have said they will continue to operate as long as the order is valid. It was not immediately clear whether this decision would be influenced by Landry’s letter. Louisiana and Kentucky are among the states that had “start-up” laws designed to ban abortions, with few exceptions, pending a Supreme Court ruling ending abortion rights.
Associated Press reporters Bob Christie in Phoenix, Julie Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, and Dylan Lovan in Louisville, Kentucky, contributed to this story.
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This story has corrected the orthography of Kanawha County.
