Arizona abortion rights measure cleared for the November ballot
The Abortion Access Act would guarantee the right to an abortion up to the point of fetal viability.
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Arizona court rules voter pamphlet can refer to fetus as ‘unborn human being’
An official informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being”, the state’s highest court ruled on Wednesday.
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AZ Supreme Court upholds contested abortion ballot measure language
“The Arizona Supreme Court today reversed the trial court’s well-reasoned ruling and held that the phrase ‘unborn human being’ — a watchword for anti-abortion advocates with no basis in medicine or science — is somehow impartial and objective,” the campaign said in a statement. “This means that Arizona voters won’t get to learn about the questions on their ballot in a fair, neutral, and accurate way but will instead be subjected to biased, politically-charged words developed not by experts but by anti-abortion special interests to manipulate voters and spread misinformation.”
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