1864 law allows Arizona to criminalize abortion

Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy after a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday found that officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman’s life is at stake. The court said enforcement won’t begin for at least two weeks. Under the near-total ban, abortions in the state are expected to drop from about 1,100 monthly to almost zero.