Arizona Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Pro-Life Law Banning Abortions on Babies With Down Syndrome

Arizona wants to be allowed to protect unborn babies with Down syndrome and other disabilities from discriminatory abortions under a new law.

But a federal judge’s order is blocking it from doing so.

On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the order and allow Arizona to enforce its pro-life law, Reuters reports.

The law, which passed in April, prohibits discriminatory abortions due to a prenatal diagnosis such as Down syndrome. Exceptions are allowed if the mother’s life is at risk. An older Arizona law also prohibits discriminatory abortions because of an unborn baby’s race or sex.

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Before the new law could go into effect, however, the Center for Reproductive Rights and other pro-abortion groups filed a lawsuit challenging it as an unconstitutional burden on women’s “right” to abortion. Soon afterward, a federal judge blocked the law… (Excerpts from LIFENEWS.COM)