Abortion

With the state's 15-week abortion law now overturned, Planned Parenthood is now deciding what restrictions that remain on the procedure to next target in court.

Republican lawmakers are advancing what could be a head-on challenge to the options women have under the newly approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing a fundamental right to terminate a pregnancy.

Voters in Arizona overwhelmingly supported and approved Proposition 139 last week, which enshrines abortion rights into the state's constitution.

Early returns show proposition 139 was being approved by a margin of 2-1.If enacted, women would be able to terminate a pregnancy without state interference until the point of fetal viability. That is generally considered somewhere between 22 and 24 weeks.

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.