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WASHINGTON – Arizona voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, approving Proposition 139 by a decisive margin of nearly 2-1. Passage means Arizona will protect a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy through fetal viability – roughly nine weeks beyond the state’s current 15-week ban.
Opponents call it radical. Backers say the current ban endangers women with complications later in pregnancy and demanded a return to the more expansive rights ensured for decades by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Associated Press declared the issue settled at 1:41 a.m. MST on Wednesday, making Arizona the sixth state to codify or expand abortion rights in Tuesday’s election.
“It is a very Arizona value that this is not an issue that the government should be involved with,” said Kaylan Fodor, …
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