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Supreme Court declines to hear Arizona abortion case
Source: Arizona Republic
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a controversial Arizona law that restricts medication abortions.
The law, which was passed by the Legislature in 2012, has not been enforced because a legal challenge.
Planned Parenthood Arizona and Tucson Women's Center filed the federal lawsuit alleging the law wasn't intended to protect women's health, as its supporters claimed, but rather to keep them from accessing legal abortions, particularly early in pregnancy.
About half of all abortions in Arizona are performed using medications.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/12/15/supreme-court-declines-arizona-abortion-case/20433159/
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"The American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists asked the courts to block the law, saying it "impedes physician discretion and contravenes medical ethics by outlawing the safest, most effective method of medical abortion and relegating women to an outdated, inferior treatment."
Remind me the next time I'm in need of medical care to call a politician. That should work.
