The coalition supporting a ballot measure that could add abortion rights to Arizona's constitution has announced that it has collected the requisite number of voter signatures three months ahead of the deadline. Florida abortion supporters have done the same, but are now fighting a new six-week abortion ban that's set to go into effect...
Following last week's Pima County Superior Court decision that reinstated a 1864 outright ban on abortion in Arizona, supporters of abortion rights sued in Maricopa Superior Court to overturn the decision.
The new lawsuit, filed by a Phoenix abortion provider and the Arizona Medical Association (ArMA), is asking for an order that says...
Last Friday, Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent litigators to ask a Pima County judge to lift a 50-year-old injunction against a Pima County abortion ban that will allow prosecutors to criminally charge doctors who perform abortions. The ban, which comes with a prison term of two to five years for those who help a woman obtain an...
In April, Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill banning abortions based on a genetic abnormality or disability diagnosis in Arizona. The law would penalize doctors who provide abortions based on fetal anomalies, leading to felonies and loss of license for the performing physician and fines up to $10,000 for medical professionals who fail to...Arizona News
The lawsuit alleges the state's laws are similar to others across the nation that have one purpose in mind: block women's access to the legal procedure.
Filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday, April 11, the suit targets Arizona laws that stop anyone other than a physician from performing abortions, requires those seeking an...
