Also looming over the abortion ballot battle is a state Supreme Court decision, which could drop at any moment, over an 1864 abortion ban that’s still on the books. That law has not been in effect since before Roe v. Wade, but it made performing or helping a woman obtain abortion care a felony punishable … Read more
Meet the Arizona Lawmaker Who Announced Her Abortion on the Statehouse Floor Then, of course, having to tell me that I could consider adoption and parenting as options, which in my case is obviously outrageous. I would have loved to consider parenting as an option, but that was not realistic for me, I was going … Read more
Last week the Republican Senate candidate tried to moderate her stance on abortion in an interview with NBC News. This is, of course, the same candidate who has called abortion “the ultimate sin,” actively helped Republicans in Ohio try to block the passage of a constitutional amendment codifying the right to an abortion, pushed for … Read more
A proposed constitutional amendment that may feature on Arizona’s 2024 ballot would create a “fundamental right” to receive abortion care up until fetal viability. Read more at NBC News
The state currently bans the procedure after 15 weeks, a law that went into effect after the fall of Roe v. Wade. But the state supreme court will determine if the current law gets overridden by one that predates the state’s existence. An 1864 law, which is still on the books, would impose a near-complete … Read more
Here’s an overview of where abortion will — and could be — directly on the ballot in 2024, how many signatures organizers need to collect and the challenges advocates are facing in the states. Read more at 19th News
The future of reproductive rights for a wide swath of the Mountain West may be decided next week, as three state Supreme Courts hear arguments in cases that will determine abortion access in the region. Here’s what to know. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
The outcome of the case will dictate which abortion ban the state must enforce: the ban enacted in 1864 — a half-century before Arizona even gained statehood — that would likely end almost all legal abortion care in the state, or a 2022 law that bans most abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy. Read … Read more
“The organized opposition is more aggressive than I’ve encountered in any of these fights in the past,” says Adam Weiland, who has worked on various ballot measures in the state for years. “It’s the first time I’ve ever encountered people who don’t even want you to get on the ballot and let the voters vote. … Read more
A justice on the Arizona Supreme Court — which this winter could decide whether the state can enforce a near total ban on abortion — has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the procedure and received campaign support from a prominent state anti-abortion activist, according to materials reviewed by The 19th. Read more at 19th News
