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San Francisco, CA – Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to uphold Arizona’s law which bans abortion after 20 weeks. 

“In keeping with medical advances, history and common sense, the Arizona Legislature has said that a 20-week-old unborn child is a human being, not merely a ‘potential human being,’ whose rights must be balanced with the mother’s rights when deciding whether an abortion can be performed,” Liberty Counsel told the court.

“Women suffer and pre-born babies die with every abortion. Late-term abortions pose even greater risks to the mother,” said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. “This law takes into account the rights of the unborn child and the safety of the mother. Arizona is the first state to enact a late-term ban based on concerns for the mother’s health,” he said. “The very groups that are charged with defending and protecting women’s health are paradoxically the ones responsible for trying to block this law aimed at protecting women.”

“The debate as to when life begins was settled a long time ago within the medical and scientific world,” said Staver. “The debate today is no longer when life begins.”

Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family since 1989, by providing pro bono assistance and representation on these and related topics.
 

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