Judge blocks key parts of new Arizona abortion law

[Heidi]

Source: AP

3 hours ago

PHOENIX — A state judge on Tuesday blocked implementation of several key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortions, while allowing a few provisions to take effect.

The preliminary injunction issued by Judge Donald Daughton of Maricopa County Superior Court allows a 24-hour waiting period to take affect, but he blocked requirements that a woman see a doctor in person for advance disclosures before getting an abortion.

The so-called "informed consent" consultation can be by telephone and by a qualified staff member, Daughton said in his ruling granting most of a request by Planned Parenthood, the state's major abortion provider.

The state judge also blocked provisions prohibiting nurse practitioners from performing surgical abortions, requiring the notarizing of parental consent forms and expanding an existing law that now permits health-care workers to refuse to participate in abortions.



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[tomm2thumbs]

1. I hope a flurry of similarly-minded judges are working their way into the system right now

we need level-headed, Constitutional minded folks making calls, not the sanctimonious right-wingers who have transcribed their bible-favorites on the back of the paper of our Constitution.

[Left Coast2020]

2. Well that depends on appointments Mr. O makes to the bench.

What scares me is there is another psycho freak out there who is looking to bring harm to another doctor. These bastards are criminally insane. I just don't know how you stop them? Call me paranoid, but you have to be realistic. These religious psycho nazi bastards don't give up.

[Hepburn]

3. Thank you, Judge! n/t