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Arizona GOP lawmaker models abortion drug bill after Texas measure, adds element

PHOENIX - State lawmakers are moving to make criminals out of doctors and pharmacists who send abortion-inducing drugs to Arizona women - and the women who seek them.

But questions remain whether the legislation is constitutional.

Legislation awaiting the vote of the full Senate would make it a Class 4 felony for healthcare providers, pharmacists, manufacturers or suppliers to provide such a drug in Arizona. That carries a presumptive penalty of 2.5 years in state prison.

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