Lake flip-flops on ‘rare and legal’ abortion
For a few hours on October 4, it looked like Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was making a hard pivot to the center on abortion. But by the end of the day, the campaign had walked back comments in which Lake suggested that she wanted abortion to be “rare and legal.”
Doctors want judge to rule territorial abortion law applies only to those without medical licenses
Arizona doctors want a judge to rule that the state's 1864 law banning virtually all abortions applies only to people without medical licenses.
Arizona clinic has workaround for abortion pill ban
A Phoenix abortion clinic has come up with a way for patients who can end their pregnancy using a pill to get the medication quickly without running afoul of a resurrected Arizona law that bans most abortions.
Letter of the law(s): Prosecutors confused by conflicting abortion laws
Whatever their position on abortion rights, the Arizona county attorneys who would be responsible for enforcing the state’s abortion law all acknowledge that they will do their best to follow it.
Judge refuses to halt order on abortion ban
A Pima County judge won't halt implementation of her ruling that a territorial-era law outlawing virtually all abortions is once again enforceable.
Fight continues over fate of injunction ruling on abortion law
Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Wednesday asked a Pima County judge to keep in place an order she issued last Friday that lifted an injunction against Arizona’s near-total abortion ban that dates to 1864. It came in response to a plea from Planned Parenthood asking the judge to temporarily stay the order while the case heads to appeal.
Arizona abortion clinics send women to other states
When an Arizona judge ruled last week that prosecutors can resume enforcing a near-total ban on abortion that dates to the Civil War, it fell to the staff at Camelback Family Planning to break the news to the women scheduled for appointments in the coming weeks.
Planned Parenthood seeks stay on order that reinstated territory-era abortion ban
Planned Parenthood Arizona on Monday asked a Pima County judge to halt the order she issued on Friday that allowed Arizona’s century-old, near-total abortion ban to take effect again.
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Pima County judge lifts injunction on pre-statehood abortion ban
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Pima County Superior Court judge lifted an injunction on Arizona’s near-complete territorial era abortion ban. “The court finds that because the legal basis entered for the judgment entered in 1973... […]
Governors races take on new prominence, with higher stakes
Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections. But this fall, which candidate wins a state's top executive post, including in Arizona, could be pivotal for the nation's political future.
U.S. Senate, governor candidates hedge on abortion
Arizona will elect a new governor and a U.S. senator later this year, and the two officials could play key roles in determining the abortion care that’s available to Arizonans for years to come.