Abortion

Arizona voters approved adding constitutional protections for abortion rights in 2024. But that hasn’t stopped state lawmakers from taking up the issue in various forms since that time.

State lawmakers are moving to make criminals out of doctors and pharmacists who send abortion-inducing drugs to Arizona women — as well as those who seek them — but questions remain over whether the bill is constitutional.

Planned Parenthood Arizona is offering new services and has seen an uptick in patients after a February ruling blocking many abortion restrictions in the state.

It’s been two years since Arizona voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 139 into law, enshrining abortion rights until about 24 weeks gestation in the state Constitution.

Medical residency applications have dropped significantly in abortion-restricted states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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.