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Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit over medication abortions
Planned Parenthood Arizona and the state agreed to end a legal challenge in federal court to a law requiring doctors to tell women medication abortions can be reversed, three months after a new law rendered the lawsuit moot.
Do not ‘fix’ SB1324. Repeal it.
Three weeks ago, the Arizona Legislature, heeding a call to “protect women’s health,” passed SB1324. This bill mandated that doctors adhere to an outdated medication protocol when administering drugs for a medication-induced abortion. Ignoring medical studies, scientific evidence, and the standard of care, our legislators said that in this case physicians had to follow the FDA precisely, as [...]
Herrod vows to block new FDA abortion standards
The head of the state's chief anti-abortion group said she will move to block any legislation to allow doctors in Arizona to use RU-486 to terminate pregnancies using the new standards adopted this past week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Ducey signs 3 bills targeting abortion providers
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed three bills targeting abortion providers, including one requiring them to follow outdated federal guidelines for the most common abortion drug.
House votes to restrict medication abortions to first seven weeks
State lawmakers voted Wednesday to restrict how doctors can use a drug for medication abortions to an existing federal standard, even if that standard changes.
Tougher abortion measures clear House Judiciary committee
Citing the controversial and questioned undercover videos, a House panel voted Wednesday to outlaw the use of aborted fetuses for medical research.
Arizona Senate passes bill limiting medication abortion
The Arizona Senate has passed a bill limiting the use of the most common abortion-inducing drug.
Lawmakers try again to block medication abortions
Abortion foes at the Legislature are trying an end run around a state judge who last year declared some limits on medication abortions enacted by lawmakers illegal.
Doctors, Planned Parenthood challenge medication abortion law
A group of doctors and Planned Parenthood Arizona filed suit today to challenge a law requiring doctors to tell women medication abortions can be reversed.
Gov. Doug Ducey signs abortion medication requirement bill
Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a bill requiring abortion providers to tell women they can reverse the effects of a drug-induced abortion.
Who’s hot, who’s not heading into 2015
A rundown of the people and groups who ended 2014 on the upswing and those who are glad to see the year come to an end.
Abortion law blocked after US Supreme Court refuses to act
Arizona will not be able to enforce controversial limits on medication abortions, at least not now. The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected a bid by attorneys for the state to overturn a federal appellate court ruling which had concluded the limits illegally infringe on the constitutional right of women to terminate a pregnancy. The justices gave no reason for their decision.
