§ 13-3604, which had provided that a woman who has an abortion that is not necessary to save her life shall be imprisoned from one to five years.
By affirmatively declining to hold women criminally responsible for seeking or obtaining an abortion, the legislature did not grant women a right to seek an abortion; it simply decided the state would not prosecute women for doing so.
The majority misses the mark by asking and then answering whether § 36-2322(B) grants a limited right to abortion.
¶79 Fifth, the majority incorrectly elevates the construction note in § 36-2322(B)'s session law to equal its text.
See Redgrave v. Ducey, 251 Ariz. 451, 457 ¶ 22 (2021) (concluding that if statutory text conflicts with a
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