Court Rejects Case Against Only Race-Based Abortion Ban in U.S.

An appeals court panel on Tuesday refused to revive a lawsuit brought by two civil rights groups challenging Arizona's law banning abortions based on the race or sex of the child.

The panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NAACP's Maricopa County branch and the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum lack standing to sue. The ruling upholds a judge's 2013 decision dismissing the case filed by the groups.

The Arizona law makes it a felony to knowingly provide a sex- or race-based abortion.