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Arizona’s top court unanimously rejected an effort to stop voters from considering an abortion rights amendment this fall, ending the effort from opponents to keep the measure off the November ballot. The decision Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court means the Arizona Abortion Access Act will officially appear on the ballot as Proposition 139. “This…

Opinion: Arizona voters have already sent a strong message to anti-abortion advocates: We see through your scare tactics. By Candance Lew, opinion contributor This week, Arizona history was made.   More than 800,000 Arizona voters have spoken: we want the chance to support the Arizona Abortion Access Act. We’ve proven that by turning in the most voter signatures…

By Serena O’Sullivan PHOENIX — Physicians and patients gathered on the Arizona Capitol lawn to support a ballot measure that would ensure statewide abortion rights on Monday. That ballot measure is the Arizona Abortion Access Act. This proposed constitutional amendment would ensure statewide abortion rights until a fetus could survive outside the womb. Arizona for Abortion…

By Grace Panetta Arizona for Abortion Access wants to destigmatize open discussion of abortion while being crystal clear with voters about what a ballot measure would do. When Emma Burns, then a 19-year-old college student in Flagstaff, Arizona, found out she was pregnant with twins, she felt scared and alone.  Abortion wasn’t openly discussed in…

“Without that emergency clause, the repeal won’t take effect until 90 days after the legislature adjourns for the year, which has yet to be determined. This means the law could be in effect through the end of September, meaning that pregnant patients will not be able to access abortion care in the state possibly for…

NBC News Campaign Embed Alex Tabet joins Meet the Press NOW to report on a signature campaign to get abortion enshrined in the Arizona state constitution in wake of the state Supreme Court’s ruling. Watch the Full Story

By Stacey Barchenger and Reagan Priest Supporters of an effort to put abortion rights into the Arizona Constitution decried a court ruling upholding a pre-statehood ban on Tuesday, but acknowledged the decision could have a “seismic” political effect. Abortion rights groups have been working for months to gather enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. As…

By Alex Tabet PHOENIX — Groups working to put reproductive rights in Arizona’s state constitution say they have exceeded the signature threshold to put a constitutional amendment on abortion on the state’s ballot in November.  Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition of reproductive rights organizations including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood Advocates of…

Our team has been working with AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan to help share what’s happening and what’s at stake in the extremist attacks on reproductive freedom by the rightwing in AZ. This weekend she was on MSNBC — watch her highlight our goal of taking the majority!