In the wake of the enactment of Proposition 139, Arizona’s atorney general says she will not defend the legality of abortion restrictions on the books that are being challenged.
Kris Mayes says her office has reviewed three laws being challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights and others. Some of the restrictions include a 24-hour waiting period and a prohibition on prescribing abortion inducing drugs over telemedicine.
Mayes says she believes those rules run afoul of the new law approved by voters last year.
"We have determined that the three laws that the plaintiffs are challenging here are unconstitutional and cannot withstand tests that the voters stood up when they amended the constitution to protect abortion rights," Mayes said.
Arizona’s Speaker House Steve Montenegro said he will seek to defend the old laws.
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A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union contends that the state can’t stop “advanced practice clinicians” — like nurse practitioners — from performing abortions in Arizona. -
An Arizona judge has struck down a series of state laws restricting abortion, concluding they all run afoul of a constitutional amendment approved in 2024 by voters. -
One measure would make the death of a fetus during a felony first-degree murder. The others would include fetuses in child support laws and impose reporting requirements for witnesses of illegal abortion procedures. -
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says abortion access will again be a focus of her campaign as she vies for reelection in the fall. -
Parties made closing arguments Monday in a court case challenging Arizona's mandatory 24-hour wait to get an abortion, along with several other abortion regulations.
