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Apr 11Edited

It's my understanding that in passing the 15-week limit, Republican legislators and the then-GOP governor of AZ inserted a provision specifically allowing previous state laws to kick in should Roe be overturned. So this was the outcome they wanted, and now they have it.

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That should also be hyped up. I wasn't aware this was a feature, not a bug!!

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If so, it's not statutory. https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=36 See Chapter 23. 36-2322 set the 15 week limit.

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It IS statutory.

The law reads: "This act does not ... repeal, by implication or otherwise, section 13-3603, Arizona Revised Statutes, or any other applicable state law regulating or restricting abortion."

Section 13-3603 is the 1864 law.

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