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AG Mayes acknowledges she has total say over …

7/1/2023
PHOENIX — She won’t use the word “decriminalization” to describe the fact she won’t ever prosecute any doctor who performs abortion. But in an extensive interview with Capitol Media Services, Attorney General Kris Mayes acknowledged that a new executive order by Gov. Hobbs gives her — and her alone — total say over enforcement of all criminal laws that govern the procedure. County attorneys are stripped of their ability to decide whether to bring charges.

Hobbs signs executive order stripping county attorneys …

6/23/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is moving to strip the state’s 15 elected county attorneys of their ability to prosecute doctors and other medical professionals who perform abortions and give it to fellow Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes.

Women-led organizations at odds for the fight of …

3/25/2023
The future of women in the Valley and Arizona is as tumultuous now as it has ever been.

Anti-abortion law firm asks Arizona Supreme Court to …

3/2/2023
PHOENIX — An anti-abortion law firm is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling and once again make virtually all abortions illegal in Arizona.

Republicans petition to defend Arizona abortion law if …

2/6/2023
PHOENIX — The top Republicans in the House and Senate want a judge to let them defend a law that bars abortions in cases of genetic defects, saying newly sworn-in Attorney General Kris Mayes …

FDA urges judge to quash Scottsdale group's bid to …

1/28/2023
PHOENIX — The Food and Drug Administration is urging a federal judge to quash a bid by a Scottsdale-based law firm to block public access to a popular method of terminating a pregnancy used in nearly half the cases of abortion in Arizona.

Federal judge allows Arizona abortion ban on cases …

1/23/2023
PHOENIX — Women in Arizona no longer have the legal right to an abortion due to a fetal abnormality at any stage of the pregnancy, even if Arizona courts finally conclude the procedure is legal …

Education, election, water top big Arizona legislative …

1/8/2023
PHOENIX — The 2023 legislative session is being brought to you by the letter E. As in education funding and election issues. These promise to be among the most contentious issues as …

Deal keeps abortion legal in Arizona, potentially …

10/25/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona women who are no more than 15 weeks pregnant will be able to continue to get legal abortions through at least the end of the year, if not beyond. Maricopa County Superior …

Pima County judge won’t halt abortion ban

10/1/2022
PHOENIX — A Pima County judge won't halt implementation of her ruling that a territorial-era law outlawing virtually all abortions is once again enforceable. In an order late Friday. Judge …

Planned Parenthood asks judge to delay abortion ruling

9/26/2022
PHOENIX — Planned Parenthood Arizona is asking a Pima County judge to delay implementing her ruling that most abortions in Arizona are illegal.

Few answers from Biden health secretary at Phoenix …

8/18/2022
President Joe Biden’s secretary of health and human services met with leaders of Planned Parenthood Arizona and pro-choice advocates in Phoenix Thursday for a roundtable on the uncertain …