PHOENIX — When Democrats take control of the state House and Senate, the Legislature is expected to abandon its legal defense of abortion restrictions still on the books.
Voters enshrined a right to abortion in the state constitution in 2024 after the passage of Proposition 139. But several state laws regulating abortion care remain in effect.
During the past two years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and the Center for Reproductive Rights have sued to strike laws that govern who can provide abortions, when a patient can schedule appointments and what those visits require, whether providers can use telemedicine and why a woman may end a pregnancy.
