The Arizona Supreme Court decision outlawing abortion access is devastating for women and for the state. Sadly, members of the Court think the laws of 1864 better fit today’s democratic ideals.

Abortion, race and gender laws all part of rules for the Arizona territory in 1864. Howard Fischer Apr 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 Updated Apr 22, 2024; William T. Howell, the ...

The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to let a circa-1864 law barring abortion go into effect renders it useful to get a sense for the mores at play in the then-territory.

Arizona's high court upheld an 1864 abortion law, banning the procedure in most cases. See what Howell's Code was and read the text of the law. Local Sports Things To Do Politics Travel Advertise ...

Assuming the 1864 policy once again becomes state law, Arizona would be the latest state to effectively ban abortion care. “It’s really stunning to uphold a law that at its very heart is so ...

Arizona's 1864 anti-abortion law is not dead yet ... A time when there was no state of Arizona, just a territory. A time when the status of women was only slightly above chattel, ...

William Howell wrote the Arizona law banning abortions in 1864. On Tuesday, 160 years later, Arizona's Supreme Court reinstated the law.

First, some history: Arizona was a territory, not a state, in 1864, and was briefly contested during the Civil War. Confederates wanted it for its vast mineral wealth and for potential access to ...

An Arizona judge on Friday ruled that an 1864 territorial law banning abortions should be reinstated, just a day before a new ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy was to take effect.

In 1863, the New Mexico territory was split into two territories: New Mexico and Arizona. In 1864, the territorial governor commissioned Arizona's first set of laws, called the Howell Code.

Arizona kept this 1864 abortion ban in place until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Roe v. Wade in 1973, that the right to get an abortion was constitutionally guaranteed. The court reversed Roe v.

Attempts to gain power partially fueled Arizona’s abortion ban in 1864. Male physicians sought to dominate health care, and xenophobic fears about immigrants emerged, historians said.