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Arizona judge weighs state request to enforce abortion ban

Kevin Theriot, lawyer for Alliance Defending Freedom, listens during a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool) Assistant Attorney General Beau Royston III makes a statement during a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool) The Hon. Kellie Johnson presides over a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool) Sarah Mac Dougall, attorney for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, makes a statement during a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool) Samuel E. Brown, chief civil deputy with the Pima County Attorney's Office, makes a statement during a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, Pool) FILE - Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich speaks during his June 2, 2022, visit to the Yuma Sun in Yuma, Ariz. Brnovich on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, asked to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of a law that bans all abortions except when the life of the mother is at risk. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File) Thousands of protesters march around the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision Friday, June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Protesters shout as they join thousands marching around the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision Friday, June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women's constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court's overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)