The abortion ban was put in place under Arizona law in 1864. The state Court of Appeals, however, issued an injunction against the 160-year-old ban when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ...

Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban is officially off the books. In April, the Arizona Supreme Court decided to let the state enforce the long-dormant 1864 law that criminalized all abortions e ...

Saturday's end to the most recent legislative session means that a territorial-era, near-total abortion ban likely won ... group that defended the 1864 law in the Arizona Supreme Court case ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Republicans including Kari Lake and David Schweikert are changing their minds on abortion laws after previously supporting Roe v. Wade's reversal. More from News ...

Eight bills introduced by Democrats this year would repeal some of the state's roughly 40 abortion laws, offering a range of ...

“I am grateful that sanity prevailed in the Arizona House today with the repeal of the draconian, near-total 1864 abortion ban. That 160-year-old law that criminalizes doctors and nurses for ...

Arizona Democrats are ... voted last year to keep the 1864 ban. An impasse in the Legislature would leave the legal route to repeal. Already three abortion providers have brought a case seeking ...