Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at an awards luncheon in Scottsdale, Ariz., June 17, 2019. / Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Denver Newsroom, Mar 31, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Arizona this week expressed gratitude at.
Phoenix, Ariz., Apr 28, 2021 / 17:01 pm America/Denver (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Arizona on Tuesday applauded the passage of an expansive state law that they say will help mothers and unborn children while saving lives.
SB 1457, signed into law April 27 by Gov. Doug Ducey, most notably prohibits abortions done solely because of a nonlethal genetic abnormality, such as Down syndrome. The state already prohibits race and sex-selective abortions.
The law also confers to unborn children all civil rights afforded to born persons.
“SB 1457 continues Arizona’s legacy as the most pro-life state in the country and establishes that Arizona’s laws will be interpreted in the context of valuing all human life,” the bishops of Arizona said in an April 27 statement.