(UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER, the officerwrote in his report.)
The state bans the use of telemedicine for abortion care and prohibits the mailing of medication abortion.
Those restrictions a small sample of the dozens on the books apply to abortionsbefore15 weeks.
Members of Arizona for Abortion Access protest the state’s 1864 abortion ban on April 17, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.Rebecca Noble/Getty Images
She was relieved last year when she got pregnant almost as soon as she and her husband began trying.
We were going to have a boy, Ortiz tells me.
And our scans were going really well.
She waited, and she grew sicker.
I couldnt stand anymore, but my labor had stalled.
And they were able to then give me the medicine to help me deliver.
The procedure took longer than expected, worrying her husband.
He thought I died, Ortiz says.
It was very disturbing.
Ortiz says she is filled with rage and I was enraged about these laws before.
This is fucking bullshit.
Ortiz was subjected to that ordeal under Arizona law as it currently stands.
(New laws in Arizona take effect 90 days after the end of the legislative session.)
(It will not.)
Athena Salman knows better than anyone how critical flipping those seats will be.
Elected to state legislature at age 27, Salman represented a Tempe district for eight years.
That sweltering Saturday in October, I join Salman as she canvasses for Prop 139.
Canvassing tends to involve some amount of profiling: Is there a car in the driveway?
(Someone might be home, and willing to talk.)
Chalk drawings in the driveway?
(Kids in the house typically a good sign.)
A decorative cross on the house?
(They might be Catholic and, potentially, less persuadable on Prop 139).
Literature left by previous canvassers on the doorstep?
(Dont count on anyone answering the door.)
There were 29 homes on our list: At 23 of them, no one answered.
All three already had their ballots filled out.
(I saw your shirt thats why I opened the door, one woman gushed.)
Two other men answered their doors, but politely excused themselves when they understood the purpose of our visit.
(Both were Latino; one had aDonald Trumpsign outside his house.)
(Salman noticed the cross hanging on her house as we walked away.)
(She wont give her name.)
What about Palestinian women who are currently being bombed?
Babies are being killed, children are being killed, pregnant women are being killed.
Thats including the one in Tempe that was shut down after it was shot at on three different occasions.
Despite the campaigns investment, Harris has not led in polling averages of Arizona since joining the race.
