{"id":827605,"date":"2021-09-29T12:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=827605"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:28:36","slug":"judge-blocks-key-part-of-arizona-law-banning-doctors-from-aborting-babies-based-solely-on-genetic-abnormality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-key-part-of-arizona-law-banning-doctors-from-aborting-babies-based-solely-on-genetic-abnormality\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks Key Part Of Arizona Law Banning Doctors From Aborting Babies Based Solely On Genetic Abnormality"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-key-part-of-arizona-law-banning-doctors-from-aborting-babies-based-solely-on-genetic-abnormality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=827605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An Arizona judge blocked part of an abortion law Tuesday that banned doctors from knowingly aborting a baby if the abortion is based solely on a genetic abnormality like Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama appointee, U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes, wrote that the provision \u201cessentially requires providers to mislead their patients into believing that their constitutionally protected choice is unlawful,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-business-health-arizona-us-supreme-court-ed8133637e92bd1be872a1ed5583a66b\">according to the Associated Press<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/02\/down-syndrome-columbia-researcher-babies-texas\/\">(RELATED: Former Columbia Scholar Worries Texas Law Will Lead To More Children With Down Syndrome, Make US \u2018Outliers In The Whole Developed World\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.2735426008969\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: A federal judge has blocked a pro-life law in Arizona that bans abortions on babies with Down syndrome. Please join us in praying that the law is upheld on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeNewsHQ\/status\/1443191210890440710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis problem is exacerbated by the reality that the decision to terminate a pregnancy is a complex one, and often is motivated by a variety of considerations, some of which are inextricably intertwined with the detection of a fetal genetic,\u201d Rayes wrote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/judge-temporarily-blocks-key-aspect-new-arizona-abortion-law-2021-09-29\/\">Reuters reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rayes also threw out a provision in the law that criminalized helping or paying for an abortion based solely on genetic abnormality, the publication reported, saying that the provisions were probably unconstitutionally vague because it is unclear at what point a doctor would know the baby had a genetic abnormality.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU\/status\/1443022648372572160\">celebrated<\/a> the news in a Tuesday evening tweet, saying that it will \u201ckeep doing everything in our power to ensure no one is forced to carry a pregnancy against their will regardless of where they live.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/02\/arizona-republican-roe-v-wade\/\">(RELATED: Arizona House Passes Bill Banning Abortions Based On Genetic Abnormality)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/AZ\/text\/SB1457\/2021\">S.B. 1457<\/a>&nbsp;states that the rights of \u201can unborn child at every stage of development\u201d must be acknowledged and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/02\/arizona-republican-roe-v-wade\/\">prohibits<\/a> abortions based on the sex, race, or genetic abnormality of the child. The bill makes exceptions for medical emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA person who knowingly\u201d performs such an abortion \u201cis guilty of a class 3 felony,\u201d according to the legislation.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/arkansas-governor-asa-hutchinson-abortion-ban-law-supreme-court-roe-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions Into Law)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"AdPlaceholder\" readability=\"16.851063829787\">\n<p>One in every 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndss.org\/about-down-syndrome\/down-syndrome-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to the National Down Syndrome Society. It is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndss.org\/about-down-syndrome\/down-syndrome-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not clear<\/a>&nbsp;what number of babies with Down syndrome are aborted, but one 2012&nbsp;<a class href=\"https:\/\/obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/pd.2910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> estimated the abortion rate for babies with Downs was 67%, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-down-syndrome-abortion-courts-ab09552bd57aa5306f0341189f70b1cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A September 2011 study on perceptions of people with Down syndrome&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3740159\/#:~:text=Among%20those%20surveyed%2C%20nearly%2099,liked%20their%20brothers%20and%20sisters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a>&nbsp;that almost 99% of people with Down syndrome said they were happy with their lives and loved their families, 97% liked who they were and their brothers and sisters, and 96% liked how they look.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Arizona judge blocked part of an abortion law Tuesday that banned doctors from knowingly aborting a baby if the abortion is based solely on a genetic abnormality like Down &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}