Facing mounting pressure to strike down a near-total abortion ban revived last week by Arizona's Supreme Court, Republican state legislators are considering efforts to undermine a planned ballot measure this fall that would enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona Constitution, according to a presentation obtained by The New York Times.
The 1864 law that is set to take effect in the coming weeks bans nearly all abortions and mandates prison sentences of two to five years for providing abortion care. Supporters of the proposed ballot measure, known as the Arizona Abortion Access Act, seek to enshrine the right to an abortion before viability, about 24 weeks.
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