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Advocates are trying to dismantle a 15-week abortion ban in Arizona that conflicts with newly expanded access establishing a fundamental right to abortion in the state.

When Arizonans vote on Prop. 139, they'll decide whether to enshrine broad abortion rights in the state constitution or to keep the state’s 15-week law in place.

Dozens rallied outside Flagstaff City Hall Sunday in support of Prop 139. The proposed amendment would codify the right to an abortion in the state Constitution.

Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution. The proposed amendment would allow abortions until a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks, with exceptions.

For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to attempt to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban to a vote after the House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute.

Attorney General Kris Mayes said doctors can continue to provide abortions under the current 15-week law until early June when a near-total abortion ban will go into effect.

It's the first time Planned Parenthood Arizona has provided abortion care in northern Arizona since 2022 and comes just weeks before a near-total abortion ban goes into effect.

Doctors and clinic leaders expect a scramble for abortion care after the Arizona Supreme Court decision to enforce an 1864 law criminalizing abortion except when a woman’s life is at stake.

Under a near-total ban, the number of abortions in Arizona is expected to drop drastically from about 1,100 monthly, as estimated by a survey for the Society of Family Planning.