A judge’s recent decision overturning Arizona's abortion laws “shows the long-term impact of ballot initiatives,” according to a pro-life attorney.
Last week, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gregory Como stopped numerous Arizona abortion laws, including the state’s reason ban, two-trip requirement law and telemedicine ban.
Como said in his ruling that these laws violated Proposition 139, which is an amendment Arizona voters passed in 2024 that provides a constitutional guarantee for a right to an abortion.
The judge wrote that “virtually every regulation of abortion ‘interferes’ with a woman’s right to seek an abortion.”
“The state’s interest in protecting potential life is not a legitimate justification for a law that interferes with a woman’s right to seek a pre-viability abortion,” Como said.
“Each of these laws infringes on a woman’s ‘autonomous decision making’ by mandating medical procedures and disclosure of information regardless of the patient’s needs and wishes,” he added.
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