{"id":2365031,"date":"2024-11-06T09:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-abortion-ballot-measure-passes-undoing-15-week-restriction\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:45:27","slug":"arizona-abortion-ballot-measure-passes-undoing-15-week-restriction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-abortion-ballot-measure-passes-undoing-15-week-restriction\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona abortion ballot measure passes, undoing 15-week restriction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-abortion-ballot-measure-passes-undoing-15-week-restriction%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=2365031&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>Arizona voters have approved a ballot measure to \u200camend the state constitution,\u2064 ensuring \u2063access to abortion. This\u2062 decision marks \u200da significant\u2063 victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-signs-bill-banning-abortions-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned\/\" title=\"Gov. Abbott Signs Bill Banning Abortions If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned\">abortion rights advocates<\/a> following a complex\u2062 legislative and legal\u2063 struggle over abortion regulations in the state. The initiative, known as Proposition 139, establishes\u2064 a &#8220;fundamental\u200c right\u200b to abortion&#8221; \u200dand forbids state \u200cinterference \u2063with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-to-allow-abortion-on-demand-nationwide\/\" title=\"House Passes Bill To Allow Abortion on Demand Nationwide\">abortion access prior<\/a> to fetal viability. The \u2064measure was called by the Associated \u2063Press with about 61%\u2063 of \u2063ballots counted, indicating \u200dwidespread support. Previously, \u200bArizona had\u2063 a restriction on abortions\u200c after 15 weeks gestation.  <\/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 abortion ballot measure passes, undoing 15-week restriction&nbsp;<\/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<p>Arizona voters approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infographic-the-states-that-changed-mail-in-voting-rules-for-2022\/\" title=\"INFOGRAPHIC: The States That Changed Mail-In Voting Rules for 2022\">ballot measure amending<\/a> the state constitution to ensure access to abortion, a victory for the abortion-rights side that comes after a complicated legislative and legal battle over rules in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A simple majority was needed to pass.&nbsp;The vote in favor was called by the Associated Press at 3:31 p.m with about 61% of the ballot counted in the Sunshine State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The abortion rights amendment on Arizona ballots,<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Arizona_Proposition_139,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2024)\"> Proposition 139<\/a>, will establish in the state constitution a &ldquo;fundamental right to abortion&rdquo; and prohibit the state from interfering with abortion access before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-what-to-know-about-your-ballot-and-trumps-bold-confidence-play-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: What to know about your ballot and Trump\u2019s bold confidence play - Washington Examiner\">fetal viability &#038;mdash<\/a>; or the point at which a fetus can survive outside of the mother&rsquo;s womb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3049551\/arizonas-1864-abortion-ban-no-longer-expected-to-take-effect\/\">last month<\/a>, abortion is restricted in Arizona after 15 weeks gestation, with no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/policy-watch\/rape-incest-exceptions-abortion-bans-restrictions\/\"> exceptions<\/a> for survivors of rape or incest after that point.<\/p>\n<p>A series of complicated judicial and legislative developments since <em>Dobbs<\/em> have thrust abortion politics to the forefront in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona state legislature passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">15-week abortion ban shortly<\/a> after the <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision was leaked from the Supreme Court but before the decision was announced in June 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an 1864 statute, crafted when Arizona was a territory, prohibited abortion at all stages of pregnancy except in cases of medical emergency for the mother.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In April of this year, the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 1864 law because it was the only statute on the books that was passed when <em>Roe<\/em> was not the law of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Within three weeks of the state Supreme Court decision, Arizona&rsquo;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2978343\/arizona-house-passes-bill-repeal-civil-war-era-abortion-ban\/\"> House<\/a> and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2987371\/arizona-senate-repeal-1864-abortion-law-sending-measure-governors-desk\/\"> Senate<\/a> passed bills to repeal the 1864 law, meaning that the law imposing a 15-week limit became operative.<\/p>\n<p>With this contentious backdrop, the abortion rights fight in Arizona attracted a significant amount of campaign contributions.<\/p>\n<p>According to state campaign finance documents, Arizona for Abortion Access, which supports Proposition 139, collected a total of $32.7 million as of Sept. 30 and spent $20.6 million during the campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, It Goes Too Far PAC, which is against the amendment, has garnered only $1.3 million in contributions and spent slightly over $540,000.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/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 approve abortion rights measure, lifting 15-week limit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2365032,"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\/09\/abortion-arizona-protest.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,4472,32912,4762,36292],"class_list":["post-2365031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-arizona","tag-ballot-measure","tag-legislation","tag-reproductive-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/abortion-arizona-protest.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365031","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\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365035,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365031\/revisions\/2365035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}