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Arizona advocates have begun gathering signatures in an effort to get an abortion rights measure on the ballot in 2024. The group Arizona for Abortion Access will need to collect more than 380,000 valid signatures from registered voters.
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The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s conclusion that abortion doctors can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that bans the procedure in nearly all cases.
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The proposed ballot language would guarantee the right to an abortion up until fetal viability, which is typically around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. It would also require abortions to be allowed when medically necessary to protect the life of the patient or their physical or mental health.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs is standing by her executive order that strips Arizona’s county attorneys of their authority to prosecute abortion cases.
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All but three of the state’s county attorneys want Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind her executive order limiting prosecutions related to abortion.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a sweeping executive order to protect anyone involved with a legally obtained abortion from prosecution.
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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.
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Opponents of House Bill 2502 say the bill is really designed to outlaw abortion by establishing “fetal personhood.”
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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.
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Under the new ruling, doctors can now face criminal charges for abortions performed at any stage of pregnancy due to a genetic abnormality.