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Court temporarily blocks Arizona law granting 'personhood' to fetuses
The Hill via Yahoo NewsA federal judge in Arizona on Monday temporarily blocked a state law granting “personhood” to unborn fetuses from taking effect.
U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Rayes wrote in his ruling that Arizona’s law was vague and therefore deprived plaintiffs of their due process rights.
Rayes also wrote the defendants who supported it failed to show the policy would not cause injury because its impact on abortion access was unclear, especially in comparison to other state laws that were less strict.
“A law is unconstitutionally vague if its application is so unclear that people of ordinary intelligence cannot figure out in advance how to comply with it,” Rayes wrote, noting that labeling the unborn a person may constitute a homicide if they were aborted. “The consequences of imprecision are potentially sweeping and severe.”
U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Rayes wrote in his ruling that Arizona’s law was vague and therefore deprived plaintiffs of their due process rights.
Rayes also wrote the defendants who supported it failed to show the policy would not cause injury because its impact on abortion access was unclear, especially in comparison to other state laws that were less strict.
“A law is unconstitutionally vague if its application is so unclear that people of ordinary intelligence cannot figure out in advance how to comply with it,” Rayes wrote, noting that labeling the unborn a person may constitute a homicide if they were aborted. “The consequences of imprecision are potentially sweeping and severe.”
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