Tim Steller's column: Arizona abortion law supporters got what they wanted: a ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In any case, it's true that Planned Parenthood is seeking a stay of Johnson's ruling as it pursues an appeal.
54% : 13 new restaurants that opened in Tucson this summer Local fruit and creamery shop to open in the Tucson foothills U.S., Ariz. officials ask judge to toss lawsuit vs. Interstate 11 47 fun events happening in Tucson this weekend Sept. 22-25 🥓🎃🌱 Fentanyl pills found in car during Tucson-area traffic stop Fentanyl cited in country singer Luke Bell's death in Tucson Tucson Raytheon unit wins missile deal worth nearly $1B 5 takeaways from the Arizona Wildcats' 49-31 loss to the Cal Golden Bears Tim Steller's column: Stop demonizing the political opposition as a mortal threat Buffelgrass battleground northwest of Tucson wins national recognition Greg Hansen: 'Mr. Football' on a brotherly battle, Cal's coveted coach -- and the winner of Saturday's game Chase Budinger talks about Lute Olson's influence, his transition to volleyball -- and what's in store this weekend Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Reid Park's proposed renovations are bad for baseball Pedestrian struck, killed in hit-and-run, Tucson police sayTo understand how Arizona suddenly became a state where abortion is banned, except in situations where the mother's life is in danger, you can go all the way back to that 1864 legislature, as historian Heather Cox Richardson did in a letter published Saturday.
46% : Abortion is unavailable in Arizona, as the supporters of this year's law wanted.
44% : Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization was about a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, but it also set up the possibility of overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.
40% : Section 2 of SB 1164 says "This act does not ... repeal, by implication or otherwise, section 13-3603, Arizona Revised Statutes, or any other applicable state law regulating or restricting abortion."
38% : Now we revert to a law that originated in 1864, in Arizona's first territorial Legislature, that amounts to a ban on abortion with the narrowest exception.
23% : Abortion banned nowThen May 2 came, and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked.

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