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AZ GOP Passes Measure to End Residents’ Right to Vote on Retaining Justices
The measure would have to be approved by voters in the fall election before it can become constitutional law.
![Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 abortion ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0612-arizona-abortion-400x300.jpg)
Hundreds of Arizona Doctors Urge Voters to Back Abortion Rights Amendment
"Every person should be able to make their own decisions" regarding abortion, the doctors wrote.
![Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, holds a press conference and protest on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2147888180-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Organizers Are Putting Abortion Front and Center
Arizona for Abortion Access wants to destigmatize open discussion of abortion in their ballot measure campaign.
![Katie Hobbs speaks to reporters during a campaign stop at Paradise Valley Community College on November 4, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-hobbs-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Repeals 1864 Near-Total Abortion Ban
Abortion rights advocates said passage of a constitutional ballot initiative this November was still needed.
![State Senator Jake Hoffman speaking with the media outside the Arizona State Capitol building on January 9, 2023, the opening day of the 56th Legislature in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0429-jake-hoffman-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Republicans Select Indicted Fake Elector to Represent Them at RNC
State Sen. Jake Hoffman was one of 18 individuals indicted for trying to subvert Arizona's election results in 2020.
![Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference and protest condemning Arizona House Republicans and the 1864 abortion ban during a recess from a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0425-arizona-400x300.jpg)
Arizona House Passes Repeal of 1864 Anti-Abortion Law, Senate Vote Set for May
Even with the repeal, a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights is still needed, organizers warned.
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California Gov. Newsom Proposes Bill to Help Arizonans Seeking Abortion Care
The bill is a response to Arizona’s abortion ban, which will likely prompt abortion seekers to travel to California.
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GOP Lawmakers Block Bill to Repeal Arizona’s 1864 Anti-Abortion Statute, Again
Republican leaders claimed a repeal bill for the 160-year-old anti-abortion statute was being rushed.
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Money’s Getting Tight for Abortion Travel Funders as Florida, Arizona Bans Loom
With people needing to travel greater distances, abortion access funders worry their travel budgets will fall short.
![Demonstrators participate in an abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices of the court hear oral arguments in the case of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on March 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2115237708-400x300.jpg)
Abortion Bans and Divorce Restrictions Are Dangerous Combo for Pregnant People
Experts are raising concerns about what the intersection — now in four states — means for victims of domestic violence.