Arizonans 'want to see access to abortion restored in the state of Arizona,” Cheryl Bruce said.
Abortion rights protesters chant during a Pro Choice rally at the Tucson Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona on July 4, 2022.On Tuesday, Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition of reproductive rights organizations, including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona,that they had gathered sufficient voter signatures for their initiative to qualify for the November ballot. If passed, the initiative would amend the Arizona Constitution to safeguard abortion access.
“This number is a testament to how popular reproductive freedom and protecting abortion access are among Arizona voters,” Chris Love, a spokesperson for the campaign and a senior adviser to Arizona for Abortion Access and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona,collecting 506,892 petition signatures, with over three months remaining until the July 3 deadline for submitting them to Arizona’s secretary of state. The threshold to place a measure on the ballot is 383,923 signatures.
“Our decision-making should be grounded in expert testimony and in consensus from both the medical community and from constituents, and free from political posturing and partisan bias. But that’s not what I see happening,”that may have measures that protect or expand abortion rights on the ballot this fall.
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