{"id":317127,"date":"2024-08-14T19:38:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T00:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=317127"},"modified":"2024-08-14T19:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T00:31:22","slug":"arizona-voters-decide-abortion-constitutional-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arizona-voters-decide-abortion-constitutional-right\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Unborn human being’ stays on voter pamphlet as Arizonans decide on ‘constitutional right’ to abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Arizona Secretary of State’s office announced<\/a> Monday that Proposition 139, the ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion as a constitutional ‘right,’ will go before voters this November. Arizona for Abortion Access, the group behind the proposition, is a coalition of several pro-abortion groups, including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood of Arizona.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said Arizona for Abortion Access turned in an estimated<\/a> 577,971 valid petition signatures in support of the amendment, which would create a \u201cfundamental right\u201d to abortion in the state constitution. This “right” would be to intentionally kill preborn children up to so-called ‘viability,’ an arbitrary pregnancy marker usually designated to be around 24 weeks \u2014 though children born as early as 21 weeks<\/a> have survived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a huge win for Arizona voters who will now get to vote YES on restoring and protecting the right to access abortion care, free from political interference, once and for all,\u201d Cheryl Bruce, campaign manager for Arizona for Abortion Access, said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abortion opponents warn that the proposed amendment contains enough vague exceptions that it could allow abortion all the way up to birth, while also opening the door to the repeal of common-sense abortion restrictions, like the state’s parental notification law, which protects minors.<\/p>\n