Pro-choice groups have started an initiative for a ballot measure in Arizona ahead of next year’s election that would move the right to abortion into the state constitution.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona, Affirm Sexual and Reproductive Health, Arizona List, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, NARAL Arizona, and Healthcare Rising Arizona are some of the groups behind the initiative.
The proposed amendment would allow abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy and “allow for later abortions to save the mother’s life or to protect her physical or mental health.”
“We know the work for achieving reproductive freedom is an uphill battle, and this ballot initiative is the next critical step in our renewed drive to protect the health and freedom of our patients and our communities,” said Chris Love, senior adviser to Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona.
From Breitbart:
Leading pro-life group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said the measure would “create an Arizona unrecognizable to those of us who live here.” “This proposal put forth in Arizona by the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and other far left special interest groups aims to create an Arizona unrecognizable to those of us who live here. This proposal would impose painful late-term abortions up to birth,” Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America’s Arizona State Director Maria Birnbaum said in a statement.
