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i looked around the board, and abortion related threads are everywhere, so I just put this here. Mods, feel free to move if desired.
Judge says Arizona's abortion ban can take effect | Fox News
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Judge says Arizona's abortion ban can take effect | Fox News
U.S. District Judge James Teilborg said the statute may prompt a few pregnant women who are considering abortion to make the decision earlier. But he said the law is constitutional because it doesn't prohibit any women from making the decision to end their pregnancies.
The judge also wrote that the state provided "substantial and well-documented" evidence that an unborn child has the capacity to feel pain during an abortion by at least 20 weeks.
While North Carolina has long had a 20-week ban, Nebraska in 2010 was the first state to recently enact one. Five more states followed in 2010: Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Along with Arizona, Georgia and Louisiana approved 20-week bans this year, though Georgia's doesn't take effect until 2013.
The Center for Reproductive Rights said none of the 20-week bans have so far been blocked by courts.
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