The Mexican state of Sonora bans abortion with minimal exceptions unlike other Mexican states, meaning that impending abortion restrictions in Arizona will create a regional lack of access for women on both sides of the border.
Coming on the heels of Donald Trump’s statement that the legal status of abortion should be left to the states, the Arizona case ignited a firestorm of protest from supporters of reproductive freedom for women,
Arizona’s Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs decrying a state court order to revert back to an 1864 law which bans all abortions -except when the life of a mother is in jeopardy.
Arizona's abortion battle is expected to ramp up this week. It comes after Arizona's Supreme Court reinstated a law from 1864, effectively banning all abortions.