Abortion proponents plan to challenge pro-life laws in Arizona now that a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state has gone into effect.
This election cycle, Arizona voters passed a constitutional amendment, Proposition 139, 61.6 percent to 38.4 percent, allowing abortions throughout pregnancy in the state with some restrictions. Arizona was one of seven states to pass an abortion measure, while similar amendments failed in three other states.
While Prop. 139 went into effect last Monday when Arizona’s election results were certified, opponents of the state’s current 15-week abortion limit will now have to sue to overturn it “before it becomes legally unenforceable,” Axios reported. In a press conference last week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) told reporters her office expects lawsuits to be filed as soon as Monday.
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