The Planned Parenthood Action Fund and unions are running ads in Arizona promoting Proposition 139, the Right to Abortion Initiative. Funded also by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, the ads contain misleading language about Arizona’s current law, such as stating abortion is illegal.
An ad titled “Waiting” states twice that there is a ban on abortion in Arizona. However, state law currently permits abortions up until the 15th week. Abortion hasn’t been illegal in the state for many years. After the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022, a judge suspended Arizona’s old law prohibiting most abortions. The Arizona Legislature then passed a law permanently rescinding the law, leaving in place the new 15-week law enacted in 2022.
A woman’s voice narrates regarding the current law, “It forces women who are miscarried or having complications to wait, wait until a medical emergency.”
There is nothing in the law stating that doctors can’t assist women with miscarriages or medical complications related to pregnancy or abortion. It only prohibits actual abortions after 15 weeks. The law penalizes the doctor, not the mother.
Pro-abortion advocates claim that women died from botched abortions in states that passed more restrictive abortion laws after Roe v. Wade was reversed, since they were not allowed to receive care. However, these allegations have been refuted.
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