Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday signed one of the most
controversial and restrictive abortion bans in the country, which
experts say effectively bans abortions after 18 weeks and declares that a
woman could be pregnant 2 weeks before she even had sex.
“This legislation is consistent with my strong track record of
supporting common sense measures to protect the health of women and
safeguard our most vulnerable population – the unborn,” a statement from the governor’s office said.
“Knowing that abortions become riskier the later they are performed
in pregnancy, it only makes sense to prohibit these procedures past 20
weeks,” Brewer insisted.
Arizona’s HB 2036
takes Nebraska’s 20-week abortion ban one step further by starting the
clock on pregnancies at the woman’s last last menstrual period, which
could be two weeks before fertilization................................
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