“The state of Arizona has caused complete chaos by seeking to enforce clashing abortion bans, including one of the most extreme in the country,” Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement. “This has put Arizonans in an untenable situation,” Northup continued. “Providers and patients have no sense … Read more
A 14-year-old Tucson girl was denied a refill of a life-saving prescription drug she had been taking for years just two days after Arizona’s new abortion law had taken effect. 14 year old Emma Thompson has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis which has kept her in and out of the hospital for most of her … Read more
An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide an abortion on hold, saying abortion right groups that asked her to block the order are not likely to prevail on appeal. The ruling from Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson … Read more
Villegas’ lawyer calls the judge’s decision “significant” because, Martineau says, “in a way, it’s saying that an unborn fetus has rights.” And, for decades, anti-abortion activists have been trying to establish both laws and case law that say exactly that. Read more at Rolling Stone
Nearly all abortions become illegal in Arizona The law Johnson reinstated dates from 1864 and bans all abortions with no exception for rape or incest. The only exception involves a recipient whose life is in danger. * Under Arizona’s new anti-abortion law, doctors or other healthcare professionals who terminate pregnancies could face between two and … Read more
“Arizona is the textbook example of chaos and uncertainty, with providers and patients trying to figure out the law. It’s a mess. The attorney general has refused to provide clarity, and you have to conclude that’s because abortion opponents want providers to be conservative in the way they offer care to avoid legal risks,” said … Read more
In Arizona, Dr. DeShawn Taylor had been preparing for the fall of constitutional abortion rights for months ahead of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. … Currently, Arizona has a law dating prior to Roe that bans abortion, while another law permitting abortions up to 15 weeks into pregnancy was … Read more
