In a historic decision Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when "it is necessary to save" a pregnant person's life – a significant ruling that will make a Civil War-era abortion law enforceable in the state.The law can be traced back to as early as 1864 – before Arizona became a state – and was codified in 1901.It carries a prison sentence of two to five years for abortion providers – and it puts Arizona among the states with the strictest abortion laws in the country, alongside Texas, Alabama and Mississippi, where bans exist with almost no exceptions.
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