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Shadow of uncertainty hangs over abortion ban enforcement
The chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Arizona said Thursday that abortions could soon become unavailable - at least for some period of time - even if state lawmakers repeal the territorial-era restrictions.
Politically targeted justices limited in defending themselves
At the state’s annual judicial conference last June, an ethics director, a performance review commissioner and a political consultant advised judges to prepare to form campaign committees in 2024.
Progressive group out to oust 2 state Supreme Court justices
Progress Arizona is launching a campaign to deny new terms to two of the state Supreme Court justices who voted earlier this month to allow the 1864 law on abortion to once again be enforced in Arizona.
House Republicans accidentally distribute preliminary plans on abortion ban
A House GOP presentation accidentally sent to all House members Monday morning outlines a potential strategy of Republicans considering abortion ballot measures to conflict with the initiative being pushed by abortion access activists.
Attorneys study legal theories as clock ticks toward abortion ban enforcement
Attorneys for Planned Parenthood and its allies are rushing to see if there is a viable legal theory to keep the state from once again enforcing its territorial-era abortion law.
Republicans, lawyers struggle with next step on abortion ban
Tuesday’s ruling on abortion in Arizona leaves attorneys, lawmakers and candidates at the precipice of a significantly shifted political and legal paradigm.
GOP majority blocks efforts to repeal territorial abortion ban
A Republican in the state House of Representatives attempted to put up a bill for a vote Wednesday that would repeal the 1864 state ban on abortion procedures, leading to chaos on the House floor after the chamber went into recess instead of voting on the measure.
Abortion outlawed, political conflict continues
A pre-statehood ban on nearly all abortions will stand, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today.
BREAKING: Abortion in Arizona outlawed
Arizona's territorial-era law outlawing abortion except to save the life of the mother is enforceable, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Arizona GOP seeks dismissal of court sanctions
After seeing sanctions and attorney's fees exceeding $27,000 across the superior and appellate courts, the Arizona Republican Party argued March 14 a 2020 lawsuit over the use of vote centers versus precincts in hand count audits was not groundless nor brought in bad faith.
Democrats fail to get vote on right to contraceptives
House and Senate Republicans used their rules Wednesday to block a vote – or even a debate – on a proposal to enshrine the right to contraceptives in Arizona law.
Arizona voters could have say on Tucson elections
Republican lawmakers are moving to allow voters around the state to decide and possibly overrule how Tucson elects members of its city council.
