{"id":278035,"date":"2022-10-20T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=278035"},"modified":"2022-10-20T13:25:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:25:34","slug":"phoenix-city-council-resolution-deprioritization-police-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/phoenix-city-council-resolution-deprioritization-police-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix City Council passes abortion resolution to deprioritize police investigations of abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Phoenix City Council voted 6-2 to support an abortion resolution which would seek to de-prioritize police investigations of abortion. The move follows the passage of Senate Bill 1164, a 2022 measure protecting preborn human beings after 15 weeks gestation from abortion, signed into law by Governor Doug Ducey.<\/p>\n

None of the state’s pro-life measures allow for women to be prosecuted for abortion.<\/p>\n

Resolution 22069<\/a>\u00a0was introduced<\/a>\u00a0on October 11 at a special meeting<\/a> scheduled by the mayor. It declared the “Council\u2019s support for the rights of pregnant persons in the City to obtain access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care, including abortion care.”\u00a0The resolution opposed the “decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, as well as the state laws that limit or deny access to abortion care. It calls on the Arizona State Legislature to repeal A.R.S. \u00a7\u00a7 36-2321 to 2326 and all other Arizona laws aimed at limiting or denying access to abortion care, and to enact laws that protect full access to reproductive health care, including abortion.”<\/p>\n

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The resolution also declared “Council\u2019s support for City officials in establishing law enforcement priorities that consider the need to protect the physical, psychological, and socioeconomic well-being of pregnant persons and their care providers, and make the enforcement of laws that restrict or deny abortion and\u00a0abortion-related care the lowest priority for law enforcement.”<\/p>\n

The move follows a similar resolution adopted<\/a> by the City of Tucson in June of this year. It also comes\u00a0as multiple City Councils, Commissions and State legislatures\u00a0become<\/a>\u00a0the next abortion battleground, by funding abortion<\/a>, protecting abortion providers and targeting pro-life pregnancy help centers.<\/p>\n

According to City Attorney Cris Meyer, seen in the video<\/a> below, the City cannot decriminalize abortions in Phoenix nor can they use public funds to facilitate an abortion. But he noted that the City’s police chief has discretion on what laws to enforce and prioritize:<\/p>\n