State judge blocks implementation of key provisions of new Arizona law restricting abortions
By Paul Davenport, APWednesday, September 30, 2009
Judge blocks key parts of new Arizona abortion law
PHOENIX — A state judge has blocked implementation of key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortion, a day before they were to take effect.
Judge Donald Daughton of Maricopa County Superior Court late Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction granting most of a request by Planned Parenthood, the state’s largest abortion provider.
Daughton’s order allows a 24-hour waiting period to take effect, but blocks parts requiring that a woman see a doctor in person for advance disclosures before getting an abortion.
Other blocked provisions include a requirement that parental consents for a minor’s abortion be notarized and a ban on nurse practitioners performing abortions.
Other parts of the law still take effect Wednesday, pending a federal judge’s ruling on one provision not covered by Daughton’s order.
