Court Strikes Down Arizona 20-Week Abortion Ban

[cali]

A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a fetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks. Normal pregnancies run about 40 weeks.

Nine other states have enacted similar bans starting at 20 weeks or even earlier. Several of those bans had previously been placed on hold or struck down by other courts.

Judge Marsha Berzon, writing for the unanimous three-judge panel on the San Francisco-based court, said such bans before viability violate a long string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with the seminal Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/court-strikes-arizona-20-week-abortion-ban-19226260#.UZvGS0qsp7k

[chillfactor]

1. thank goodness sanity still prevails in the federal court system....

since it seems to be very lacking in Arizona!

I once considered retiring in Arizona...I lived in Tucson for four years..and I loved it there. But then the crazied politicians took over and I decided Arizona was not the place for me. I chose New Mexico instead and I have been very happy here!

[perdita9]

2. Republicans continue to waste our tax dollars...

... defending bogus laws like this one.

So tired of these people.

[11 Bravo]

8. ^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

They knew that the laws would clearly not withstand Constitutional scrutiny, but asshole Republicans continue to waste taxpayers' dollars in order to demonstrate their "purity".

[Zoeisright]

3. Excellent news.

These bans completely violate every principle of medical ethics.

[randome]

4. Of course they did. Dumb fuck Republicans wasting everyone's time and money.

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[shenmue]

5. Bravely policing the uterus

[calimary]

11. So why can't we turn the tables on them?

I wish some of our reps would start attaching amendments to every one of these bills, in states or in Congress, to start policing the scrotum as well. Taste of their own medicine. See how they like it. Hell, NOTHING ELSE has worked!!!!

[ZRT2209]

6. fuck you American Taliban

[maidensandiego]

13. Mitch the Obstructionist !!!!

L?VE THESE !!!!!

[ZRT2209]

15. thanks!

[Brickbat]

7. K&R for important news.

[demmiblue]

9. K&R

[idwiyo]

10. K&R

[SCVDem]

12. The lack of school shelters in OK

show how much the right cares about life after birth!

Cutting SNAP and other aid to children are a few others.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. I'm thrilled to see that there are intelligent people at work here in our federal courts.