Battle Over Sanctity of Life Hits AZ, WY & NM Supreme Courts All at Once: ‘Life Is a Human Right’

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, there has been a fierce battle brewing at the state level among those defending the preborn and those who support abortion. 

This debate will take center stage next week at the Arizona Supreme Court, Wyoming Supreme Court, and New Mexico Supreme Court, where each of those states’ highest courts will decide the abortion issue and the fate of hundreds of children for years to come. 

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a non-profit legal group, will argue the three separate cases. 

Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes

In Arizona, the ADF will be arguing in favor of that state’s historical pro-life law at the Arizona Supreme Court.

After the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last year, then-Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked the Arizona courts to allow for enforcement of Arizona’s pre-Roe law, which protects life from the moment of conception. 

The law includes criminal penalties for abortionists who perform unlawful abortions, and it has an exception for protecting the life of the mother. 

The Arizona AG’s request was granted, however, Planned Parenthood appealed.

The appeals court ruled to keep in place a nearly 50-year-old injunction that halted the pro-life

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