Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban was mostly a result of power struggles, historians say
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Attempts to gain power mostly fueled Arizona’s near-total abortion ban in 1864, as male physicians sought to dominate health care over midwives and anti-abortion advocates felt threatened by immigrants, historians said. The Civil War-era law — which the state Supreme Court this week ruled was enforceable — was enacted at a time when women did not have the right to vote and before Arizona, then a territory, became a state. Back then, midwives predominantly performed abortions, using herbs or...

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