Arizona

15 Aug

Foetuses can be called ‘unborn humans’ for Arizona abortion vote

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"Pro-choice activists in Arizona have hit out after judges allowed the state to use what the campaigners call "biased" language ahead of a vote on abortion. The state's top court ruled on Wednesday that a foetus could be called an "unborn human being" in official public information leaflets ahead of the 5 November poll. America's bitter debate over reproductive freedoms will again be in the spotlight on that date, when Arizona and other states will vote on whether to add to their constitutions the right for a woman to have an abortion...."
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13 Aug

Arizona certifies abortion access measure for the November ballot

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“Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution. The Arizona secretary of state's office said Monday that it had certified 577,971 signatures — far above the required number that the coalition supporting the ballot measure had to submit in order to put the question before voters…”
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02 Aug

Mayes wins extended delay of Civil War-era abortion law ruling to mull appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

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“Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has further delayed the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to revive a near-total abortion ban from 1864 — and she’s still eyeing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Since the Arizona Supreme Court’s bombshell ruling that the Civil War-era law could once again be enforced earlier this year, the law was repealed by the state legislature. While reproductive rights proponents celebrated the move at the time, they also worried that the legislature’s action would simply delay the ban’s reinstatement, because laws don’t become effective until 90 days after the legislative session ends. But that fear was laid to…
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02 Aug

AZ Supreme Court judge recuses himself over ruling on anti-abortion group involving his wife

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“Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick has taken himself off the case of whether the Legislative Council -- a panel that includes his wife, Shawnna -- acted improperly in using the words "unborn human being'' in a description of an abortion ballot measure. The move was in a footnote in a scheduling order issued by the court Wednesday. That order provided no reason….”
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09 May

Arizona’s now-repealed abortion ban cautionary tale for reproductive health care across US

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When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9, 2024, that the state’s Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions was enforceable, it brought into stark reality the potential impacts of leaving reproductive rights up to the states to regulate, and the related consequences for women’s health. The ruling, set to go into effect in late June 2024, will only remain active for a few months because Arizona lawmakers repealed the law on April 30. Starting in the fall, a previous state law banning abortion after 15 weeks will be reinstated.
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08 May

Arizona Abortion Ban: Warning for US Reproductive Health Care

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When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9, 2024, that the state's Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions was enforceable, it brought into stark reality the potential impacts of leaving reproductive rights up to the states to regulate, and the related consequences for women's health. The ruling, set to go into effect in late June 2024, will only remain active for a few months because Arizona lawmakers repealed the law on April 30. Starting in the fall, a previous state law banning abortion after 15 weeks will be reinstated.
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27 Apr

With Florida and Arizona bans looming, money’s getting tight for abortion travel funders

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With Florida set to enforce a six-week abortion ban as early as May 1 and a near-total prohibition taking effect soon after in Arizona, staffers at abortion funds say they won’t be able to meet the increased demand for help funding out-of-state travel — a development that could lead to more people continuing unintended pregnancies.
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18 Apr

Arizona Republicans block another Democratic effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban

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"...Arizona lawmakers had reconvened on Wednesday after a week's recess, with much attention was on the repeal bill and whether it would move forward. It's unclear how Democrats will next attempt to roll back the strict ban, though members in the state Senate have said they plan to act quickly to take up such efforts in their chamber later Wednesday...."
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10 Apr

Arizona Supreme Court rules a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable

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"The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned. The ruling allows an 1864 law in Arizona to stand that made abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs one or helps a woman obtain one.  The law — which was codified in 1901, and again in 1913 — outlaws abortion from the moment of conception but includes an exception to save the woman’s…
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04 Apr

Arizona organizers say they have more than enough signatures for an abortion ballot measure

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"A group hoping to put an amendment enshrining the right to abortion in Arizona's constitution said Tuesday that they had gathered enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the ballot in November. There is a requirement for the collection of 383,923 signatures of support for constitutional amendments in Arizona, and Dawn Penich, communications manager for Arizona for Abortion Access, said they have amassed more than 500,000 signatures already..."
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19 Mar

A Democratic senator needs an abortion. She told her colleagues about Arizona’s ‘cruel’ laws.

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"Arizona’s anti-abortion laws impact women across the Grand Canyon State, and one Democratic state senator spoke out about how those laws have hurt her as she seeks to end an unviable pregnancy, urging GOP lawmakers to consider the harm caused by the restrictive laws they support.  An emotional Sen. Eva Burch described, in a speech Monday on the Senate floor, the hoops she has had to jump through to secure an abortion, after finding out her pregnancy is not viable. Despite knowing for weeks that her pregnancy is likely to result in a miscarriage, the Democrat from Mesa has not yet received…
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31 Oct

Providers can sue over Arizona ban on abortion for genetic anomalies -court

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"A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a challenge to an Arizona law banning abortions from being performed solely because the fetus has a genetic abnormality. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a group of healthcare providers can sue the state over the law because they are harmed by it, reversing a lower court ruling. The panel did not address the merits of the challenge, finding only that the providers are entitled to pursue it in court...."
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