Proposition 139, Arizona's abortion rights ballot measure, has been approved by voters, the Associated Press reports.
Proposition 139, Arizona's abortion rights ballot measure, has been approved by voters, the Associated Press reports.The measure, known as the Arizona Abortion Access Act, is one of a number of similar measures that voters decided on across the country on Election Day. In Arizona, the measure will amend Article II of the Arizona State Constitution by inserting a new section on the issue of abortion.
The measure also bans the state from the following:Proposition 139 defines fetal viability, for the purpose of the law, as "the point in pregnancy when, in the good faith judgment of a treating health care professional and based on the particular facts of the case, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus's sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.
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