According to March of Dimes, nearly 7 million people of reproductive age live in a county that is considered a maternity care desert as of 2022. About 2.2 million of those people live in an area with no hospital providing obstetric care, no birth center and no obstetrics providers. Photo via Getty Images
This year is only a little more than halfway over, but it’s already been a rollercoaster for reproductive health care access in Arizona.
In April, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a 160-year-old abortion ban can again be enforced in the state — a ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the woman. The next week, a leaked email showed anti-abortion Arizona politicians’ desire to trick voters into banning abortion by creating similar sounding abortion-related measures on the ballot in November, and stated that transferring power from the Legislature to voters would be a “con” to their strategy. Then, the Arizona Supreme Court granted a motion to stall the enforcement of the 1864 ban — but only until the fall.
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