By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol Times
Arizona’s abortion law ricocheted between the Legislature, judiciary and voters in 2024, transforming from a 15-week limit, to a near-total ban and to a right enshrined in the state Constitution.
Voters passed the Arizona Abortion Access Act, or Proposition 139, by 61.61% and provided some final say on abortion law in the process, but another round of legal battles await as Prop. 139’s provisions start to interact with the state’s existing statutory scheme.
ACLU attorney Lauren Beall said, “We live in a state where legislators have tried to block abortion access for decades. While Roe v Wade was good law, we had members of the Arizona legislature that tried to winnow down the right to an abortion as much as possible. We have a framework in Arizona of about more than 40 laws that are the result of that effort. We don’t expect those people to disappear.”
