What's happening in the Arizona government as the calendar turns to 2023

By Mark Brodie
Published: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 12:00pm
Updated: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 2:17pm

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The state Court of Appeals ruled just before New Year’s that Arizona cannot enforce a territorial-era ban on almost all abortions. That law only allows the procedure in instances to save the life of the mother.

The case came after the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade; then-Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked a judge to allow enforcement of the territorial-era law, which had been put on hold after Roe was originally decided in 1973.

With The Show to talk about this and some other goings-on in state government as the calendar turns to 2023 is Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services.

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