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Court losses piling up for anti-abortion legislation, cost state millions
The state of Arizona has been ordered to pay roughly $2.2 million in legal fees in the past eight years to organizations that challenge restrictive abortion laws adopted by the Republican-controlled state Legislature.
Federal judge to rule on abortion rules injunction
New rules that would block many women in Arizona from having pill-induced abortions are getting a closer look by a federal judge who will decide whether to put the restrictions on hold as a legal challenge plays out in the courts.
AZ asks Supreme Court to revive anti-abortion law
Arizona is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a state law that disqualifies abortion providers from receiving funding for other medical services they provide.
Arizona courts often approve abortions without parental consent
Minors who go to Arizona judges instead of their parents for permission for an abortion are given approval nearly three out of every four times they ask.
Senate passes sweeping anti-abortion measure
The Senate today approved a proposal that makes it illegal for doctors to perform an abortion if the fetus is determined to be at least 20 weeks old.
The measure brings pro-life advocates closer to their goal of blunting the impact of Roe v. Wade, the decades-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave women the right to an abortion.
Lawmakers spar over sweeping anti-abortion bill
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate sparred Thursday over sweeping anti-abortion legislation that generally bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and institutes new disclosure requirements, including one that requires women to look at a state-run website with images of fetuses at two-week intervals.
Abortion bill sponsor unfazed by doubts cast on his evidence
Steve Montenegro's assertion that Arizona needed to outlaw abortions performed to prevent the births of female and minority babies earned House passage, and now HB2443 goes to the Senate. But his success came on the basis of spotty evidence.
