Abortion

Arizonans will be able to vote whether they want to put a right to abortion in the state constitution.In an order late Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected arguments by Arizona Right to Life that a description of the key provisions in Proposition 139 which was attached to petitions misled people into signing it. The group argued that it was legally flawed because it failed to detail the impact that its approval would have on all existing abortion laws or regulations.

The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay enforcement of its decision upholding the 1864 abortion ban until Sept. 23, virtually guaranteeing its ruling will never take effect in the state.

Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick has taken himself off the case of whether the Legislative Council -- a panel that includes his wife, Shawnna -- acted improperly in using the words "unborn human being'' in a description of an abortion ballot measure.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is weighing in against Republican lawmakers over how they are seeking to describe two ballot measures to voters.

Foes of a constitutional right of abortion are dropping part of their court challenge to keep the issue off the November ballot.

A judge on Friday ordered the Republican-controlled Legislative Council to reword how it proposed to summarize a measure on abortion rights.

Abortion foes are going to court to try to prevent a public vote on putting a right to abortion in the Arizona Constitution.

Republican lawmakers did nothing wrong in using "unborn human being'' in their description of the effects of a ballot measure to put a right to abortion in the Arizona Constitution, a lawyer for the Legislature says.

What's supposed to be an "impartial'' explanation of a citizens' initiative enshrining the right to abortion in the constitution that voters will see in their official publicity pamphlet won't be free of contentious language on the hot-button issue.

Backers of a measure to guarantee the right to abortion turned in what they said was more than 800,000 signatures on Wednesday to put the issue on the November ballot.