Arizona Right to Life (AZRTL) hosted a “Preborn Rights Day at the Capitol” Wednesday morning, March 27th, at the Arizona State Capitol. Dozens attended, kicking off the event with a prayer for the babies who are aborted. Attendees held signs in support, including some with graphic images of aborted fetuses.
State Rep. Lisa Fink (R-Glendale) opened the press conference, stating that there have been 77,606 abortion deaths in Arizona since 2019, 14% of all pregnancies. She said when she was out campaigning, she heard misleading information told to Arizonans about Prop. 139, which was voted into law, legalizing abortion until birth. Proponents collecting signatures to get it on the ballot said if it didn’t pass, all abortions would become illegal, Fink revealed. She said that wasn’t true, since Arizona law made them illegal only after 15 weeks.
Jill Norgaard, the chair of AZRTL and a former state legislator, said, “Dr. Seuss got it right. ‘A person’s a person, no matter how small.’” State Rep. Justin Olson (R-Mesa), who has nine children, said Democrats refuse to support a bill he sponsored that would require child support from fathers who are no longer with the mother after a mother has been confirmed pregnant.
State Rep. Rachel Keshel (R-Tucson) told the group that two-thirds of women who have abortions end up with PTSD. She relayed the story of a friend of hers whose daughter was “forced by her boyfriend to take the abortion pill.” The daughter ended up bleeding and vomiting. “The scene in the bathroom after that looked like a murder scene,” Keshel said.
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