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Arizonans will not get a chance to constitutionally protect abortion rights, at least not this year.Shasta McManus, treasurer of Arizonans for Reproductive Freedom, told Capitol Media Services her organization will not be turning in the petitions for a ballot measure it has been gathering since May. She said they were able to get only about 176,000 ahead of Thursday's
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.On a 6-4 vote, with only Republicans in favor, the House Judiciary Committee approved SB 1164. It seeks to make it a felony, with a possible one-year prison term, for a doctor to terminate a pregnancy after 15
The Arizona Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to ban abortions after 15 weeks. The vote was 16–13 on party ...
Calling it a "ticking time bomb," state schools chief Kathy Hoffman called out Republican lawmakers Tuesday for failing so far to ensure that Arizona schools across the state from won't have to cut spending by more than $1.15 billion in just three weeks.Hoffman, a Democrat, used her annual State of Education speech to point out that schools face a March 1 constitutional
An anti-abortion bill, one that mirrors a Mississippi law currently being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, passed in the Arizona State Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday and now heads to the State Senate.