Arizona Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill that could be a direct challenge to the newly adopted state constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion.
The bill passed by a House committee on a party line vote would require an in-person doctor exam and a checklist for the physician before prescribing an abortion-inducing drug .
Jodi Liggett is a lobbyist for Reproductive Freedom for All and urged lawmakers to vote against the bill.
"Arizona voters decisively approved Proposition 139 enshrining the constitutional right to abortion and establishing that abortion care prior to fetal viability is a fundamental right," Liggett said.
Arizona law already says only doctors can prescribe such drugs.
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