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Arizona's attorney general says a long-standing abortion ban can be enforced, and Louisiana's attorney general warns doctors against performing abortions even if a ban there is temporarily blocked, as states grapple with long-halted laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Abortion-related legal fights have been reignited in many states after the Supreme Court's recent ruling less than a week ago.   For Republicans in Arizona, a legislation approved in March prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks took priority over an earlier restriction, which had been in effect since at least 1901, 11 years before the state's creation. After Roe, Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a fellow Republican, stated he was reviewing the 1901 statute and immediately ceas...