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Arizona Law Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks Faces Lawsuit

A new Arizona law pro-life Gov. Jan Brewer signed to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy now faces a lawsuit from the ACLU seeking to overturn it in court. Ref. Source 9

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Planned Parenthood Sues Arizona to Stop De-Funding

The Planned Parenthood abortion business has sued the state of Arizona after its pro-life governor, Jan Brewer, signed a pro-life bill that would prevent taxpayer funding of it.

The Whole Woman's Health Funding Priority Act of Arizona (HB 2800) de-funded abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood of state family planning money. The bill is based on model legislation developed by the SBA List and the Alliance Defense Fund, and prioritizes family planning funds away from abortion-centered businesses like Planned Parenthood to entities that provide women with comprehensive health care. Ref. Source 1

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Judge Upholds Arizona Law Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

A federal judge in Arizona has issued a ruling upholding that state's new law that goes into effect on Thursday and bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The ACLU sued to stop the law after legislators passed the bill to ban abortions after that period of time except in very rare cases of medical emergency. The bill also requires abortion facilities to allow women to have an ultrasound of their unborn baby at least 24 hours prior to having the abortion. In many cases women change their minds about a planned abortion after seeing the images of their developing child. Ref. Source 3

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Appeals Court Stops Arizona Fetal-Pain Based Abortion Ban

Two days after a federal judge issued a lengthy opinion based on Supreme Court case law upholding an Arizona ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on fetal pain, a federal appeals court approved an injunction preventing it from taking effect.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction that will block the Arizona law from taking effect this week and stopping late abortions. Ref. Source 2

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Obama Admin Sues to Force Arizona Fund Planned Parenthood

The Obama administration is using the state of Arizona and claiming that its new law revoking taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business runs afoul of federal laws.

The Whole Woman's Health Funding Priority Act of Arizona (HB 2800) de-funded abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood of state family planning money. The bill is based on model legislation developed by the SBA List and the Alliance Defense Fund, and prioritizes family planning funds away from abortion-centered businesses like Planned Parenthood to entities that provide women with comprehensive health care. Ref. Source 7

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Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade that guarantees a woman's right to an abortion before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. That's generally considered to be about...   
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Arizona Takes Battle to Uphold Five-Month Abortion Ban to Supreme Court

Arizona is not giving up on its law to ban abortions after five months of pregnancy and is taking its fight to keep the law on the books to the Supreme Court. Ref. Source 9

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Supreme Court Asked to Strike Down Arizona Law Banning Late-Term Abortions

CRR's Janet Crepps acknowledged that ten other states have passed similar protective laws but added that this is the first one to reach the High Court. Ref. Source 5