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Following abortion rights ballot measure, lawsuit seeks to overturn Arizona's 15-week ban

Plantiffs are suing the state, arguing that the 15-week law is now unconstitutional.
December 3, 2024

Legal challenges loom as abortion is enshrined in Arizona's constitution

Absent a court order or legislative action, those laws will remain unchanged, even if they conflict with the voter-approved measure.
November 25, 2024

Arizona enshrines abortion rights, but Trump’s return sparks uncertainty for providers

Arizona's Proposition 139 secures abortion rights, but with Trump’s return, providers brace for renewed challenges and uncertainty.
November 6, 2024

How some of Pima County’s youngest voters feel about casting their ballots

Arizona’s Gen Z voters set to shape the 2024 election.
November 5, 2024

Fact Check AZ: Claims in the campaigns for and against Prop 139

Both sides are pushing messages that sometimes leave out some key information.
October 29, 2024

Candidates move toward center on key issues in tight Congressional race

Arizona’s CD6 race between incumbent Republican Juan Ciscomani and former Democratic state legislator Kirsten Engel is one of the most competitive in the state. Both candidates have veered toward more centered rhetoric in hopes of winning the district.
October 25, 2024

Want to understand the dramatic shift in Latino views on abortion? Go to Arizona

Pew Research Center polling shows that 62% of Hispanics in the U.S. believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
October 24, 2024

Mayes joins 24 states to challenge Idaho's abortion ban

Idaho's abortion ban faces legal challenge as Mayes joins 24 states to uphold protections for emergency care.
October 23, 2024

Barack Obama rallies Arizona voters in Tucson

The former president urged voters to back VP Kamala Harris and AZ Democrats.
October 18, 2024

Walz hits reproductive rights, economic opportunity during stump speech at local Tucson high school

The Vice Presidential candidate held a rally on the first day of early voting in Arizona.
October 9, 2024

Poll shows most Hispanic Americans support abortion access

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that a solid majority of this diverse population — believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases.
September 23, 2024

Arizona's 1864 abortion ban is officially off the books

The repeal comes as voters consider a ballot measure that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution.
September 14, 2024

Arizona Supreme Court clears way for voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion

Under the measure, abortions would be allowed until an embryo or fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks.
August 20, 2024

AZ Supreme Court Justice remains on abortion ballot language case, after claims of bias

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery's choice comes 24 hours after Arizona for Abortion Access called for his recusal.
August 6, 2024

Judge strikes use of "unborn human being" from right to abortion ballot initiative description

The Legislative Council will now have to find a neutral term that is compliant with state law.
July 26, 2024

Republicans advocate to keep "unborn human being" in AZ abortion ballot description

They argue that the term is a direct quote from Arizona's current law, making it impartial.
July 23, 2024

Arizona for Abortion Access sues Legislative Council over abortion ballot description

The Legislative Council used the term "unborn human being" in its description of the abortion initiative.
July 10, 2024

Arizonans rally for reproductive rights: Record-breaking signatures to secure abortion access on ballot

Arizona for Abortion Access gathers over 823,000 signatures, doubling the required number, to place the right to abortion on the November ballot.
July 3, 2024

AZ doctors can perform later-term abortions in emergencies, AG says

Mayes clarified the exceptions to Arizona law in an opinion released Thursday.
June 27, 2024

Abortion rights will play a big role this election, VP Harris says at Phoenix event

Harris told a crowd of hundreds Monday that access to IVF and contraception, and possibly same-sex marriage, are now at risk because of former President Donald Trump
June 24, 2024

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services visits Arizona to talk abortion access

Secretary Xavier Becerra stopped in Tucson and Phoenix for his Reproductive Healthcare for All tour.
June 21, 2024

With 1864 abortion ban repealed, Arizona doctors don’t need emergency licenses in California and none have signed up

Arizona abortion providers and abortion rights advocates voiced appreciation for the neighborly gesture.
June 20, 2024

House Minority Whip backs Engel, slams Ciscomani on women's health record

United States House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and democratic congressional hopeful Kirsten Engel tour Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access.
May 29, 2024
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