Arizona state officials confirmed on Monday that a proposal seeking to make abortion a “fundamental right” easily cleared the signature threshold for ballot placement, meaning voters will decide whether to add abortion protections to the state constitution in the November general election.
The Arizona Abortion Access Act received nearly 578,000 signatures, according to state officials, which was around 50% more than the 383,923 signatures required, local media reported. The state’s Republican-controlled legislature voted earlier this year to repeal a near-total abortion ban after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that it could go into effect. Under current state law, abortion is outlawed after 15 weeks.
If approved by voters, the Arizona Abortion Access Act would make abortions legal up until 24 weeks, an arbitrary point in time that doctors use to determine when an unborn baby has…
