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May 22, 2013

Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban 
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A federal appeals court has struck down an Arizona law that bans
abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in medical emergencies.
Abortion rights advocates challenged the measure last year. On Tuesday,
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a
lower court ruling allowing the ban to stand. In a statement, the Center
for Reproductive Rights said: "With today's defeat in federal court, we
call on [politicians] to stop wasting Arizona taxpayers' time and money
on these cruel and extremely harmful efforts to chip away at women's
constitutionally protected rights."

 

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