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Enforcing Arizona’s New Abortion Rights Amendment
Lawsuit filed by the Center and partners challenges the state’s 15-week abortion ban as a violation of the amendment approved by voters last month.
Arizona Health Care Providers File Lawsuit Challenging Abortion Ban and To Resume Providing Care Across the State
12.03.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Arizona health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in violation of the state’s new constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and providers have signed a stipulation stating that the ban is unconstitutional […]
Arizona Voters Pass Abortion Rights Amendment
11.06.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – Voters in Arizona have passed a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. Abortion is currently banned in Arizona after 15 weeks of pregnancy—a law that will be unconstitutional under the new amendment. Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “What […]
Arizona Legislature Votes to Repeal Civil War-Era Abortion Ban
5.01.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — Today, the Arizona Senate joined the Arizona House and voted to repeal the state’s controversial 1864 total abortion ban, which had been ruled enforceable last month. The ban allows for abortion care only to save the patient’s life and provides no exceptions for rape or incest. In last month’s ruling, the […]
Arizona Set to Become the 15th State to Ban Abortion After State Supreme Court Reinstates 1864 Law
Abortion has been banned or severely restricted in half the U.S. states since the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Center Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Abortion Access in Arizona by Blocking a Civil War-Era Abortion Ban
Court asked to clarify state’s conflicting abortion laws that have forced providers to cease abortion services.
Motion for Emergency Injunction re: Arizona “Personhood” Language
Read more about the case here.