{"id":2323668,"date":"2024-08-13T09:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-voters-will-decide-on-abortion-amendment-this-november-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:56:52","slug":"arizona-voters-will-decide-on-abortion-amendment-this-november-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-voters-will-decide-on-abortion-amendment-this-november-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona voters will decide on abortion amendment this November &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-voters-will-decide-on-abortion-amendment-this-november-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In November, Arizona voters will have the chance to vote on\u200b an amendment that seeks to enshrine the right to abortion in the state\u2063 constitution. The \u2062proposed measure, backed by\u2064 the group Arizona for Abortion Access, gained traction after \u200cSecretary of State Adrian Fontes certified \u200dover 577,000 valid signatures\u2014significantly exceeding the required 383,923. This initiative marks\u200b the largest \u2064total for a ballot referendum in state history,\u2062 representing \u2063approximately one-fifth of Arizona&#8217;s registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment would \u2062ensure that the state cannot interfere with abortion access\u200b before the point of fetal viability, estimated at around 23-24 weeks of pregnancy. Currently, Arizona has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-takes-up-mississippi-abortion-ban-case-that-could-limit-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Abortion Ban Case That Could Limit Roe v. Wade\">15-week abortion ban<\/a> without exceptions for rape or incest. The\u200b political backdrop includes recent Supreme Court rulings that have complicated abortion access in the state, further highlighting the significance of the upcoming vote.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are optimistic that this\u2064 amendment could energize their base in the upcoming elections, considering that\u2063 Arizona narrowly voted for President Biden in 2020. Abortion rights \u2062have emerged as a pivotal issue in the political landscape, with various candidates prioritizing these rights in their campaigns. Arizona\u200d is one of \u200dseveral\u200b states addressing abortion rights in this election cycle following the overturning of *Roe v. Wade* in 2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Arizona voters will decide on abortion amendment this November<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726250\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> will be given the opportunity to enshrine the right to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> in the state&rsquo;s constitution this election.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes certified 577,971 signatures Monday, which far exceeds the required 383,923 to get a question on the ballot. Earlier this year, Arizona for Abortion Access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3069577\/arizona-abortion-rights-group-800000-signatures-measure-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>turned in more than<\/a> 820,000 signatures, which was the largest total of signatures for a ballot referendum in state history and accounts for one-fifth of registered voters in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we got word that Arizona&rsquo;s 15 counties finished their review of a random sample of our signatures and the Secretary of State confirmed that we gathered far more than enough valid signatures, 50 percent above the required minimum. It is the most signatures ever validated by a citizen&rsquo;s initiative in state history,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonaforabortionaccess.org\/what-is-the-aaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona for Abortion Access<\/a>, the group behind the measure, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a huge win for Arizona voters who will now get to vote YES on restoring and protecting the right to access abortion care, free from political interference, once and for all,&rdquo; campaign manager Cheryl Bruce said.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Arizona_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>amendment<\/a> would enshrine the right to an abortion &ldquo;that the state of Arizona may not interfere with before the point of <em>fetal viability<\/em>.&rdquo; The point of fetal viability is believed to be around 23-24 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Arizona has a 15-week ban on abortion with no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. Abortion access was put in a state of limbo earlier this year after the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2959358\/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-civil-war-era-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ruled<\/a> that an 1864 near-total ban on abortion was enforceable. Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2989249\/arizona-governor-repeals-abortion-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>signed legislation <\/a>that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3049551\/arizonas-1864-abortion-ban-no-longer-expected-to-take-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prevented that ban<\/a> from taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the state are banking on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-abortion-rights-amendment-advances-after-ballot-language-approved\/\" title=\"Ohio abortion rights amendment advances after ballot language approved\">abortion rights amendment<\/a> to give them a boost this fall.&nbsp;In 2020, President Joe Biden narrowly won the state by slightly more than 10,000 votes and marked the first time the state voted a Democrat into the White House since 1996.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, has made reproductive rights a central point of her campaign, and a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/azhighground.com\/democrats-take-early-top-of-the-ticket-lead-following-arizonas-primary-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>HighGround Public Affairs survey<\/a> shows her about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weak-candidates-threaten-gops-hopes-to-retake-senate-expert-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Weak\u2019 Candidates Threaten GOP\u2019s Hopes To Retake Senate, Expert Says\">3 percentage points ahead<\/a> of former President Donald Trump, with Harris receiving 44.4% of the support and Trump receiving 41.6%. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is also polling 11 points ahead of Republican Kari Lake, both of whom are fighting for an open Senate seat in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3080861\/eight-states-with-abortion-on-the-ballot-this-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>one of many states<\/a> with abortion on the ballot this year. After <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned in 2022, many swing and Republican-leaning states began enacting voter-backed measures to protect the procedure. Since the decision in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women&rsquo;s Health Organization,<\/em> voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kansas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=michigan+abortion+movement&amp;sca_esv=7d016e4bff3234fd&amp;ei=EoDrZaHFJryg5NoPl56s0A0&amp;ved=0ahUKEwihlvGXy-WEAxU8EFkFHRcPC9oQ4dUDCBE&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=michigan+abortion+movement&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGm1pY2hpZ2FuIGFib3J0aW9uIG1vdmVtZW50SIwlUM8PWLAicAR4AZABAJgBVaABsQSqAQE4uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIKoAKtA8ICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAggQIRigARjDBMICChAhGAoYoAEYwwSYAwCIBgGQBgiSBwIxMKAHyg4&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6332951\/ohio-abortion-referendum-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a> voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-now-claims-that-life-does-not-begin-at-conception-after-repeatedly-claiming-it-did\/\" title=\"Biden Now Claims That Life Does Not Begin At Conception After Repeatedly Claiming It Did\">protect abortion rights<\/a> in their states, and voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/kentucky-voters-reject-constitutional-amendment-on-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kentucky<\/a> blocked an amendment to their state&rsquo;s constitution that would have denied any constitutional protections for an abortion.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726250\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726250\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona voters will have the chance to include the right to an abortion in the state constitution during this November&#8217;s election. On Monday, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes confirmed that 577,971 signatures were certified, significantly surpassing the necessary 383,923 needed to place the issue on the ballot. Earlier this year, Arizona for Abortion Access submitted over 820,000 signatures\u2014the highest number ever collected for a ballot initiative in state history\u2014representing one-fifth of registered voters in Arizona. The group stated that all 15 counties in Arizona completed their review of a random sample of signatures and confirmed they had gathered more than enough valid ones\u201450% above the required minimum. &#8220;This is a significant victory for Arizona voters who will now have the opportunity to vote YES on safeguarding access to abortion care without political interference,&#8221; said campaign manager Cheryl Bruce. The proposed amendment would guarantee that &#8220;the state of Arizona may not interfere with&#8221; abortion access before fetal viability, which is estimated at around 23-24 weeks into pregnancy. Currently, Arizona enforces a ban on abortions after 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. Earlier this year, abortion access was thrown into uncertainty when the state Supreme Court upheld an enforceable near-total ban from 1864; however, Governor Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) signed legislation preventing its implementation. Democrats are hoping that an amendment supporting abortion rights will provide them with momentum this fall; President Joe Biden won Arizona by just over 10,000 votes in 2020\u2014the first time since 1996 that a Democrat secured victory there in presidential elections. Vice President Kamala Harris has made reproductive rights central to her campaign and recent polling shows her slightly ahead of former President Donald Trump by about three percentage points (44.4% vs. Trump\u2019s 41.6%). Additionally, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is leading Republican Kari Lake by eleven points as both vie for an open Senate seat in Arizona. This year marks a trend among several states where abortion issues are being put to voters following the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022; states like Kansas and Michigan have voted to protect abortion rights while Kentucky rejected an amendment aimed at denying constitutional protections for abortions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2323669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/arizona-abortion-access.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37986,4472,7091,4223,32076],"class_list":["post-2323668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-abortion-amendment","tag-arizona","tag-november","tag-voters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/arizona-abortion-access.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}