Arizona’s top court unanimously rejected an effort to stop voters from considering an abortion rights amendment this fall, ending the effort from opponents to keep the measure off the November ballot.
The decision Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court means the Arizona Abortion Access Act will officially appear on the ballot as Proposition 139.
“This is a huge win for Arizona voters and direct democracy,” reads a statement from the ballot measure campaign, Arizona for Abortion Access.
The campaign, backed by a coalition of reproductive and civil rights groups, launched more than a year ago. Earlier this month, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes certified the group’s estimated 577,971 signatures collected from voters were valid and easily surpassed the threshold to make the ballot.
The campaign’s focus will now shift entirely to November. Arizona is one of a handful of states where voters will consider protecting abortion access that has been uncertain since Roe v. Wade was overturned more than two years ago.
“With less than 80 days to go until the election, we will continue working around the clock to ensure Arizona voters from every corner of the state, from every background and every political party, say YES to putting personal decisions about pregnancy and abortion where they belong — with patients, their families and their doctors, without government interference,” the Arizona for Abortion Access statement reads.
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