Abortion
Most abortions are still outlawed in Arizona. A Superior Court judge on Friday denied Planned Parenthood’s request to temporarily suspend the ruling that put Arizona’s near-total abortion ban back into effect.
Sep. 30, 2022
This week saw groups fail to garner enough signatures to prevent the ESA program from going into law.
Sep. 30, 2022
Voter sentiments do not align with the recent court ruling that effectively outlawed most abortions in Arizona, according to public opinion polling data collected this month.
Sep. 29, 2022
On Sept. 28, activists in Sonora took to the streets to recognize International Safe Abortion Day, when, for decades, people across Latin America have protested to demand abortion rights.
Sep. 29, 2022
Abortion is a highly emotional and divisive issue. For some, it’s very black and white — no exceptions, no matter what. For others, it’s much more complicated and convoluted.
Sep. 29, 2022
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking Gov. Doug Ducey to call a special legislative session to help clarify the legal status of abortion in the state.
Sep. 29, 2022
With the reinstatement of a territorial-era ban that dates back to the 1860s, Arizona women are no longer able to seek abortion care in most cases. But even if this latest legal decision is put on hold or the state’s constitution is eventually amended to reflect what most Arizonans say they want, which is some access to abortion care, women will still need or want abortions — even into their second or third trimester.
Sep. 28, 2022
The recent ruling by a Pima County judge banning most abortions has drawn criticism from across Arizona, including from the county's own attorney.
Sep. 28, 2022
When it comes to abortion in Arizona, women are now subject to a ban that was originally crafted in 1864. The only exception is to save the life of the mother. So what could this ruling mean for women who need abortion care?
Sep. 28, 2022
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office says Arizona’s abortion laws are still unclear, even though a Pima County Superior Court judge has ruled that the state’s near-total abortion ban can go back into effect.
Sep. 27, 2022
A Pima County judge said Sept. 23 that Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions. And Arizona is not the only state in the country to enact an abortion ban, or near-total ban since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Sep. 27, 2022
A Pima County superior court judge on Friday said Arizona can go back to enforcing a near-total ban on abortions. Now, Planned Parenthood is asking courts to temporarily suspend that ruling.
Sep. 26, 2022
Abortion, for the most part, is now illegal in Arizona. The only exception, according to the territorial law that was implemented in 1864 and codified in 1901, is for the life of the mother. But that language is vague.
Sep. 26, 2022
A Pima county judge upended Arizona’s abortion landscape on Friday, allowing a near-total ban from territorial days to go into effect. And with an election on the horizon, the political implications could be vast.
Sep. 25, 2022
Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics across the state will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers.
Sep. 23, 2022
Under what circumstances, if any, can abortions be performed in Arizona now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade? A superior court judge in Pima County next week is expected to give her opinion in a case that will answer that question.
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Sep. 15, 2022
Planned Parenthood Arizona become one of few abortion providers in Arizona offering abortion care Aug. 29 as it resumed services at its Tucson facility. But how common are abortions in Arizona? Who’s getting them?
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Aug. 30, 2022
The Guttmacher Institute conducted interviews with publicly funded, family-planning health care providers. Their study found that restrictive state and federal policies had a negative impact on a person’s ability to access birth control.
Aug. 29, 2022
Planned Parenthood Arizona has resumed abortion care services at its Tucson facility. It's the first time services are being offered by the organization since being paused statewide shortly after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Aug. 29, 2022
The future of Arizona’s abortion ban is now in the hands of a Pima County Superior Court judge.
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Aug. 19, 2022
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