By AZ Mirror
After voters last month approved sweeping constitutional protections for abortion in Arizona, two local doctors and Planned Parenthood are suing to void the state’s 15-week gestational ban.
Last month, more than 60% of Arizonans voted to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, including access to the procedure generally up to the date of fetal viability, which is typically around 24 weeks. But finalizing that effort requires the courts to overturn the current abortion ban, which was added to state law in 2022.
On Tuesday, abortion advocacy groups, including The Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union, kickstarted the process, filing a lawsuit on behalf of two OB-GYNs and the Arizona branch of Planned Parenthood. The lawsuit, filed in Maricopa Superior Court, demands the courts rule the 15-week ban unconstitutional and unenforceable.
“Absent relief from the Ban, Arizonans will continue to suffer the irreparable deprivation of their fundamental rights and serious, irreparable harm to their physical, psychological and dignitary well-being,” reads the brief.
