KELLY: He thought it should go into effect. Wade was overturned, Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich said he thought the near total ban should go back into effect. It makes exceptions only to save the life of the mother, and it makes performing an abortion punishable by two to five years in prison. But Arizona also has an older, even more restrictive abortion ban that dates back to the Civil War era. So they were trying to get out ahead of this. So the backdrop here - Arizona lawmakers had passed a law before the Supreme Court struck down Roe saying if the court did overturn Roe, there would be a ban on abortion in Arizona after 15 weeks. Here to explain is Katherine Davis-Young, who's following this closely at member station KJZZ in Phoenix. Arizona prosecutors say they are confused over which of two laws applies. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Abortion is illegal in Arizona, but what that means exactly is still under contention more than 100 days after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. It took about two weeks for the park to reopen its most popular areas.Ĭopyright 2022 The Associated Press. “The Mojave Road, a historic trans-desert pathway and now a dirt road, remains impassable across Soda Lake due to standing water and deep mud that would strand even four-wheel drive vehicles,” according to the Mojave National Preserve.įlash floods earlier this summer badly damaged roads in Death Valley National Park, which caused hundreds of visitors to be stranded by floodwaters and debris-covered roads. Other roads nearby were also closed in the wake of the rain. Campers at the Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center and Campground in the Mojave National Preserve were briefly stranded until temporary repairs were made. On Thursday, more than 2 inches (5.08 centimeters) of rain fell in the Mojave Desert and flash floods damaged several roads. The eastbound side did not reopen for weeks. (Caltrans via AP)Ī 2015 flash flood in the same area washed out a bridge on the eastbound side of I-10 and eroded the ground under the westbound bridge, closing the interstate for nearly a week as the westbound bridge was repaired. Officials hope to fully reopen the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix by early next week after a flash flood washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert. This photo provided by Caltrans shows construction on a washed out section of Interstate 10 near Desert Center, Calif., Friday, Aug. Westbound lanes for traffic from Arizona to California was reopened, followed by one eastbound lane of the highway. Initially, officials closed traffic in both directions. In the meantime, officials recommend for motorists leaving Southern California to use Interstates 8 or 40, which are major detours. The California Department of Transportation on Friday said crews were working around the clock to restore the detour lane by early next week, which would reopen both eastbound lanes to motorists. The damaged roadway was part of a detour past a repair project along eastbound Interstate 10 near the small community of Desert Center, about 165 miles (265 km) east of Los Angeles. The flooding began Wednesday evening amid the latest round of monsoonal thunderstorms to hit the region this summer. (AP) - Officials hope to fully reopen the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix by early next week after a flash flood washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert.
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