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Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Gloria Gomez joined the Arizona Mirror in August 2022. She graduated in 2022 with bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science, with a Spanish minor. Arizona Mirror is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. Arizona Mirror is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

Abortions are banned in Arizona after the Supreme Court upholds an 1864 law

By: - April 9, 2024

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled to make abortion largely illegal in the Grand Canyon State, reinstating a 160-year-old law that forbids all procedures except those to save a woman’s life. Justice John R. Lopez IV, writing for the court in a 4-2 split decision, said that a 2022 law allowing abortions up to 15 weeks […]