Maricopa County (Ariz.) Attorney Montgomery says states have the right to ban abortions
Source: Arizona Daily Star
Arizona lawmakers are entitled to ban abortions at 20 weeks — or even from the point of conception — Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said today.
Montgomery acknowledged that prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings have said states cannot outlaw the right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is viable. And he agreed that, generally speaking, the current state of medical technology makes that sometime after 20 weeks, the point at which lawmakers declared that abortions cannot be conducted except in narrow circumstances to save the life or health of the mother.
But Montgomery told U.S. District Court Judge James Teilborg that the decision of legislators to protect "fetal life'' is entitled to deference from the courts. And he said lawmakers had evidence not only that a fetus can feel pain at that point but that abortions are more risky then.
... After the hearing, Montgomery said he believes the Legislature could legally ban all elective abortions. In fact, he suggested this case might even lead to asking the Supreme Court to overturn its historic 1973 decision that concluded that women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy for any reason they want, at least prior to viability.
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What a gem! 
or perhaps Liberty University School of Law. Just a guess. 
