Collection: Read more on reproductive rights in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥
Get more of the latest covering abortion rights in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
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ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ will soon allow access to birth control pills without prescriptionFor Star subscribers: Starting in July, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ pharmacists will, for the first time, be allowed to dispense birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives without seeing prescriptions.
"The state has an interest in ensuring that abortions laws are applied equally, consistently, and predictably to all people and in all counties in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥,'' Gov. Katie Hobbs said in her order.
For Star subscribers: Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs says reproductive freedoms, including birth control access, are at risk under this U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans call it a non-issue.Â
A federal court ruling could overturn a mandate that health insurers provide HIV-preventive medication without charge, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Attorney General Kris Mayes says.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ns' right to abortion could turn on the question of whether anyone still has legal standing to argue the procedure should once again be all but outlawed.
The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer are asking the Supreme Court to preserve access to an abortion pill free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.
Images of abortion, the Holocaust, global genocides and lynchings are part of the anti-abortion demonstration on the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ mall.
Some Democrats in the GOP-controlled House say the measure is really designed to outlaw abortion.
For Star subscribers: The ruling comes over the objections of groups trying to convince the federal court judge that the law is flawed and interferes with doctor-patient relationships.
For Star subscribers: The anti-abortion firm wants the court to reverse a lower court ruling and again make virtually all abortions illegal in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
For Star subscribers: The top Republicans in the House and Senate want a judge to let them defend an ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ law that bars abortions in cases of genetic defects. Kris Mayes, the state's new attorney general, won't do it, they've told a federal judge.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is fighting an ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ law firm's attempt to block public access to abortion pills in the United States.Â
For Star subscribers:Â In a reversal, a federal judge rules women in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ no longer have the legal right to an abortion due to a fetal abnormality at any stage of pregnancy.
New political leaders in the state and other groups that could have a legal say make the fight over abortion rights in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ unlikely to end anytime soon.
Territorial-era law that outlaws all abortions except to save the life of the mother cannot be enforced, the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Court of Appeals ruled late Friday.
Judges grilled a state attorney over his claim a territorial-era law banning most abortions once again makes the practice a crime despite a new law permitting doctors to terminate a pregnancy through the 15th week.
For Star subscribers: Removal of the medications would affect more than half the abortions performed in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, state data show.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich tells judges prosecutors can choose to enforce either conflicting law outlawing abortions, or neither.
An attorney had just started speaking before the Supreme Court when witnesses say the woman stood and urged American women to denounce the court’s abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
The announcement follows an agreement by Attorney General Mark Brnovich not to prosecute doctors under the state's new territorial-era abortion law until after a final court ruling over its implementation.
For Star subscribers: A court order barring Attorney General Mark Brnovich from trying to enforce a near ban on abortions for at least 45 days is part of a deal between his office and attorneys for the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Medical Association.
A ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ doctor says her 14-year-old patient had trouble refilling her prescription at a Walgreen's pharmacy. The drug she needed, methotrexate, can be used to induce an abortion at certain dosages.
A judge set a Nov. 3 trial in a bid by doctors to get a declaration the law outlawing virtually all abortions does not apply to them. But Choices Pregnancy Centers seeks to intercede.Â
The state Court of Appeals on Friday blocked implementation of the order issued last month by Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson saying prosecutors could charge doctors who perform abortions in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
A new lawsuit says medical doctors should be able to continue providing abortions - at least within the first 15 weeks of pregnancy — and that an 1864 ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ law applies to everyone else.
A territorial-era law that bans abortions except to save the life of a mother will remain in effect, a Pima County judge said Friday.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking Gov. Doug Ducey to call a special legislative session to let lawmakers provide "additional clarity'' about which of two abortion laws on the books they want enforced.
For Star subscribers: The supporters of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s new abortion law were hoping for the ban they got with Friday's court ruling. It's up to Gov. Ducey and the Legislature to fix the situation, or voters will.
OPINION: "It is our time and our turn to meet this moment. We join the larger reproductive justice movement and stand firmly with advocates in full support of creating an ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ where women, girls, and birthing people of all identities thrive," writes Amalia Luxardo, CEO of the Women's Foundation for the State of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
Planned Parenthood ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ is asking a Pima County judge to delay enactment of her ruling Friday that most abortions in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ are illegal.
Friday’s nationally watched ruling by a Pima County judge allowing ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ to enforce a ban on virtually all abortions is unlikely to end the legal fight.
The Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Regional Health Center began offering surgical abortions and abortion medication for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June.
Without court action, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ could go back to an 1864 law making virtually all abortions illegal sometime later this year.
Democratic lawmakers failed to get bills heard to protect the right to contraceptives in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ that ranged from oral contraceptives to mechanical devices.
Two ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Democratic lawmakers are trying to enshrine the right to use contraceptives into ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ law.
The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ lawmakers appear to finally be ready to update the 1980 Groundwater Act to plug some enforcement holes it left.
The state Supreme Court's chief justice expressed skepticism at a hearing Tuesday that a 2022 ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ law allowing abortions through the 15th week of pregnancy does not conflict with territorial-era law that makes nearly any abortion a crime.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday, Dec. 12, on whether ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ women will lose virtually all rights to terminate a pregnancy.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Supreme Court will decide with only six justices whether virtually all abortions are illegal in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
Reversing course under pressure, justice says he won't take part in deciding whether virtually all abortions are illegal in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs petition to put enshrined right to abortion in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Constitution; opponents say proposal goes too far.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Supreme Court Justice William Montgomery says in a new statement that his past comments about abortion and Planned Parenthood will not affect his ability to hear a pending lawsuit about the procedure.
For Star subscribers: An ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ law that bans abortions sought solely because of fetal genetic defects can be challenged by doctors in the state, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said.
For Star subscribers:Â Proponents of installing the right to an abortion in the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Constitution have until July 3 to collect nearly 400,000 valid signatures to make it on the ballot in 2024.
For Star subscribers:Â ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Supreme Court Justice William Montgomery says his comment while Maricopa County attorney in 2017 that Planned Parenthood "is responsible for the greatest generational genocide known to man," is not relevant to an ongoing abortion case.
Reproductive decisions "are immensely personal, private and consequential," says a legal brief filed on behalf of the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ governor Thursday.
Some 9th Circuit judges appeared unconvinced ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ doctors are in no danger of being prosecuted for performing certain abortions.
For Star subscribers:Â GOP lawmakers argue doctors can't challenge ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ ban on abortions due to fetal abnormalities because they aren't saying they intend to violate it.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Supreme Court announces it will hear arguments on whether a territorial-era law outlawing abortion except to save mother's life should take effect.
As a constitutional amendment, the initiative also would help block future legislative efforts to enact further abortion restrictions.
U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, a major change that will broaden access for women and teenagers.Â
For Star subscribers: Attorney General Kris Mayes, who now has complete control over the decision, won't enforce any of the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ laws that make performing certain abortions a crime. Â
Upset with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' executive order on abortion prosecutions, lawmakers stop the process of confirming her nominations to head ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ agencies.