Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled that an 1864 law outlawing abortion is still enforceable. That could mean all abortion clinics in the state will be forced to shut down, though there is currently a hold on enforcing the law which means there will likely be lawsuits filed before anything else happens.
Arizona’s highest court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for women’s health care and election-year politics in a critical battleground state.
The 1864 law, the court said in a 4-to-2 decision, “is now enforceable.” But the court put its ruling on hold for the moment, and sent the matter back to a lower court to hear additional arguments about the law’s constitutionality.
Because of a 14-day stay and another 45-day delay before enforcement, it will very likely be weeks before the law goes into…
