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WATCH: Arizona court decision criminalizing most abortion ‘disastrous,’ Sen. Mark Kelly says
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2:01Now PlayingA decision by the Arizona Supreme Court that effectively criminalizes most abortions in the state is “disastrous,” Sen. Mark Kelly said on Tuesday.
“This is going to criminalize doctors for doing their jobs, and it is going to have a devastating effect on the health and freedom of women in Arizona,” Kelly said at a news conference in Washington, D.C.
The state’s highest court ruled that an 1864 law making abortion illegal except when the life of the mother is at risk could be enforced. It provides no exceptions for rape or incest. The issue was brought to Arizona’s courts after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had long guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.
“This law may have been written 160 years ago, but it is only being reinstated now because of politicians who worked to overturn Roe v. Wade,” Kelly said.
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