Abortion
Despite the new announcement by the FDA about abortion medication, Arizonans will still have a challenging time acquiring these drugs.Â
Friday marked the day the former Arizona attorney general would have enforced a pre-statehood abortion law—but due to Arizona voters, that won’t happen.Â
Abortions in Arizona are currently legal up to 15 weeks, although the state attorney general has argued in favor of a total ban on the procedure.
Abortions in Arizona will continue until at least mid-November, although still limited in scope due to a ban on the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy, passed by the Republican-led state Legislature.
Now, the law governing access to abortions will allow the medical procedure up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the limit was 24 weeks.
Here's how it works: patients will have an ultrasound in Arizona, get a prescription through a telehealth appointment with a California doctor, and then have it mailed to a post office at the California border, all for free.
More than 90% of Arizonans oppose the state’s current abortion ban, a law that had until now been blocked by the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.