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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona Reacts to Senate Vote on Total Abortion Ban Repeal

For Immediate Release: May 1, 2024


CONTACT: Feldman Strategies, [email protected]

PHOENIX — In response to the Arizona Senate passing a bill to repeal the state’s Civil War-era total abortion ban and sending it to the Governor’s desk, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona Angela Florez issued the following statement: 

“With today’s long-overdue victory, lawmakers stood with the overwhelming majority of Arizonans who support abortion access. Abortion is essential health care, and this Civil War-era law had no place dictating our reproductive freedom. 

Though we celebrate today’s important step forward toward repealing this harmful total abortion ban and safeguarding reproductive freedom in our state, we know the fight is far from over. Even with today’s repeal, the repeal law does not have an emergency effective clause and thus will not take effect until 90 days after the end of the legislative session — which could be well into the summer. In addition, the reality is that Arizonans will still be living under a restrictive 15-week abortion ban. Further, anti-abortion extremists in the state legislature will continue their shameless attempts to undermine Arizonans’ basic freedoms and criminalize essential health care.

Arizonans will make their voices heard and end this coordinated assault on reproductive freedom once and for all when they approve the Arizona Abortion Access Act at the ballot box this November. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona remains committed to doing everything in our power to ensure every Arizonan has the right to make their own decisions about their bodies, their lives and their futures.

 

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