reproductive rights

Arizona’s Republican attorney general wants a court in Pima County to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of a law that bans all abortions except when the life of the mother is at risk.

A lawyer with the Arizona attorney general’s office says a 2021 state “personhood” law that gives all legal rights to fetuses can’t be used to bring criminal charges against abortion care providers.

A new poll finds a growing percentage of Americans want the federal government to prioritize reproductive rights and abortion care in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Police fired tear gas to disperse abortion rights supporters demonstrating outside the Arizona Capitol Friday night, forcing lawmakers to huddle briefly in a basement inside the building as they rushed to complete their 2022 session.

Arizona is poised to outlaw and even criminalize abortion now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. For the last half a century, it gave women the constitutional right to abortion and bodily autonomy.

Prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

A leaked draft document shows the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which has constitutionally protected reproductive rights for nearly half-a-century. Coordinated nationwide protests against the potential ruling will take place Tuesday evening at 5:00 local time at federal courthouses, city halls and other government buildings across the country.

The Arizona Legislature has approved a ban on abortion after 15 weeks. The House approved the measure Thursday, a month after the Senate gave its OK.

One Republican in the Arizona House defected from a united GOP front on Thursday to defeat a measure that would have banned manufacturing or prescribing medication that would cause an abortion.

Republicans who control the Arizona Senate have approved a ban on abortion after 15 weeks. Arizona already has some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws.