Arizona asks Supreme Court to allow abortion restriction

FILE PHOTO: General view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON – The state of Arizona on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a Republican-backed law that bans abortions performed due to fetal genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome to go into effect.