Arizona voters put abortion right into state constitution

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : But Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, a supporter of Prop. 139, acknowledged in June that doctors couldn't be prosecuted for performing abortions after 15 weeks as long as they make a "good faith clinical judgment'' that the procedure is necessary to prevent a woman's death or "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.''
46% : It will allow women to terminate a pregnancy without state interference until the point of fetal viability, generally considered between 22 and 24 weeks.
45% : One point made during the campaign was the fact that if Prop. 139 were defeated, it would have left the decision on abortion rights to state lawmakers in the Legislature, currently controlled by Republicans, many of them in favor of a ban.
43% : The initiative organizers, Arizona for Abortion Now, did not specifically dispute that.
40% : Putting Prop. 139 in the state constitution will protect against '"the whims of extremist politicians seeking to ban abortion completely," said Victoria Lopez, director of programs and strategies at the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.
36% : Democrat Ruben Gallego and his supporters ran multiple commercials showing 2022 video of Republican Kari Lake, when she ran unsuccessfully for governor, calling abortion the "ultimate sin'' and praising the U.S. Supreme Court for overturning Roe. Lake, in defensive mode, responded that, if elected to the Senate, she would not support a national ban and would abide by the decision of Arizona voters on Prop. 139.

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