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Governor signs bill to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks

3/30/2022
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation to outlaw virtually all abortions after 15 weeks, preclude transgender girls from participating in women’s sports, and make it illegal for doctors to perform “irreversible gender reassignment surgery” on minors.

Arizona lawmakers approve banning abortion after 15 …

3/24/2022
PHOENIX — State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to outlawing abortion in virtually all circumstances after 15 weeks.

Arizona one step closer to new abortion restrictions

3/9/2022
PHOENIX — Arizona moved a step closer Wednesday to enacting new abortion restrictions amid charges by one supporter that the laws are “close to genocide” for Black children.

Arizona Senate: Abortion ban after 15 weeks

2/16/2022
PHOENIX — State senators voted Tuesday to approve new restrictions on abortion that, at least at the moment, are unconstitutional. SB 1164 would make it a crime for doctors to abort a fetus …

Senate panel approves 15-week abortion ban

2/3/2022
PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Thursday to curbing abortion rights in Arizona if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the go-ahead to do so. SB 1164, approved on a 5-3 …

Abortion rights advocates rally vs. Arizona law

12/22/2021
PHOENIX — Abortion rights advocates are urging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to spurn a bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to let Arizona immediately begin enforcing a new …

Arizona AG wants felony abortion law effective now

12/15/2021
PHOENIX — Attorney General Mark Brnovich is making an emergency ditch plea to a U.S. Supreme Court justice to let Arizona immediately start enforcing its law making felons out of doctors who …

Arizona governor: Roe v. Wade a ‘mistake’

12/1/2021
PHOENIX — The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion was a “mistake” that the justices need to correct, Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday. But he won’t say where …

Federal judge: Arizona abortion restrictions cannot go …

10/19/2021
PHOENIX — A federal judge has slapped back a bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to let the state start enforcing new abortion restrictions despite his order concluding they are likely …

Arizona AG to federal judge: You interpreted abortion …

10/6/2021
PHOENIX — Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants a judge to let him start enforcing a law prohibiting certain abortions despite a federal court ruling that found it unconstitutional. In new …

Judge puts halt on Arizona birth-defect abortion law

9/28/2021
PHOENIX — Late Tuesday, a federal judge blocked Arizona from making criminals out of doctors who perform abortions knowing the woman's reason is a genetic fetal defect. In a 30-page ruling, …

Survey: Half of Arizonans don’t like Texas abortion …

9/27/2021
PHOENIX — A new survey suggests that efforts to enact a Texas-style abortion law in Arizona would not be greeted warmly. The online poll conducted earlier this month found that half of all …