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Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban

FILE - Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich speaks during his June 2, 2022, visit to the Yuma Sun in Yuma, Ariz. Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, meaning clinics statewide will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File) FILE - Protesters in Phoenix shout as they join thousands marching around the Arizona state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision on June 24, 2022. Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, meaning clinics statewide will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - The Hon. Kellie Johnson presides over a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2022. Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, meaning clinics statewide will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool,File) FILE - Protesters march around the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Friday, June 24, 2022. A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 as a judge weighs a request to allow a pre-statehood law that outlaws nearly all abortions to be enforced. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich gestures and smiles during his visit to the Yuma Sun in Yuma, Ariz., Thursday morning, June 2, 2022. A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 as a judge weighs a request to allow a pre-statehood law that outlaws nearly all abortions to be enforced. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File) FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey answers a question during a news conference in Phoenix. A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 as a judge weighs a request to allow a pre-statehood law that outlaws nearly all abortions to be enforced. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban