Arizona voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access up to fetal viability, typically after 21 weeks -- a major win for advocates of the measure in the presidential battleground state who have been seeking to expand access beyond the current 15-week limit.
Abortion will be protected in Arizona until the point of fetal viability after voters approved a ballot amendment codifying those protections into the state constitution, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.
NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the ballot across the country Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access up to fetal viability. Though there’s no defined time
Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is expected to fall once the new constitutional amendment goes into effect. But there are dozens of other laws on the books regulating abortion.
Arizonans now have a constitutional right to elective abortions up to birth, and gave law enforcement the go-ahead to arrest illegal immigrants — but they will not be getting election reform in the way of ranked-choice voting and open primaries.
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