arizona abortion

Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill Monday that critics say would have helped to codify fetal personhood. It was one of four bills the Democratic governor vetoed yesterday, bringing her total to 24.

Opponents of House Bill 2502 say the bill is really designed to outlaw abortion by establishing “fetal personhood.”

The resolution calls on lawmakers to repeal the current 15-week limit on abortions and directs local police to forego criminal charges for any possible violations and instead report them to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Under the new ruling, doctors can now face criminal charges for abortions performed at any stage of pregnancy due to a genetic abnormality.

An Arizona court ruled abortion doctors can’t be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades.

The Arizona Court of Appeals is expected to make a ruling in the coming weeks.

Arizona’s attorney general has agreed not to enforce a near-total ban on abortions at least until next year.

Legal abortions that restarted in Arizona this week after a court blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood ban will be able to continue for at least five weeks while an appeals court considers the case.

Flagstaff will take part in a nationwide women’s march in support of reproductive rights this Saturday.

Supporters of abortion rights are suing to keep an old Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions from being enforced.