Yeah, I was sent home with an ectopic pregnancy, clearly visible in my ultrasounds. I was sent home to, to let it go off inside of me and internally hemorrhage and potentially die, which is, you know, it, it ruptured and I internally hemorrhaged. I if I had been given information sooner, then I could have made *** decision that could have saved like my my right tube and you know, my fertility having my symptoms be dismissed, my pain, be dismissed. It's unacceptable. The reason that that we believe may be behind this is texas' abortion bans. Um It is perfectly legal under Texas law to provide treatment for an ectopic pregnancy to end an ectopic pregnancy. Um That is *** clear exception to texas' abortion bans, but as long as abortion is banned with criminal penalties, *** doctor who who uh provides an abortion in Texas in violation of the ban faces life imprisonment, hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and loss of their medical license. As long as abortion is criminalized, doctors are terrified to provide essential health care to their patients. I know something wrong happened to me. I know that my rights were violated I should have been given more information from the beginning, more choices from the beginning and having those be respected.
Arizona abortion rights measure will be on November ballot
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Updated: 2:33 PM CDT Aug 13, 2024
A ballot measure for a proposed Arizona constitutional amendment that would establish a "fundamental right to abortion" has garnered enough signatures to be on the state's ballot.Video above: Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal lawThe Arizona Abortion Access Act received 577,971 certified signatures, the Arizona secretary of state's office confirmed Monday – nearly 200,000 more than required to appear on the November ballot. An estimated 800,000 signatures were submitted, the office said.The measure would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution up to fetal viability, which doctors believe is around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy."Today, we got word that Arizona's 15 counties finished their review of a random sample of our signatures and the Secretary of State confirmed that we gathered far more than enough valid signatures, 50 percent above the required minimum. It is the most signatures ever validated by a citizen's initiative in state history," Arizona for Abortion Access, the group behind the measure, celebrated in a statement."This is a huge win for Arizona voters who will now get to vote YES on restoring and protecting the right to access abortion care, free from political interference, once and for all," said campaign manager Cheryl Bruce.In May, the Arizona Senate voted to repeal the state's 160-year-old near-total abortion ban, after the state Supreme Court revived the law and thrust reproductive rights into the political spotlight.Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the legislation the next day and said, "We should recommit to protecting women's bodily autonomy, their ability to make their own health care decisions and the ability to control their lives."Arizona law currently imposes a 15-week limit for abortions. That restriction, enacted in 2022, does not include exceptions for rape and incest.Following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which eliminated a constitutional right to abortion nationwide, nearly two dozen US stateshave banned or limited access to the procedure.
CNN — A ballot measure for a proposed Arizona constitutional amendment that would establish a "fundamental right to abortion" has garnered enough signatures to be on the state's ballot.
Video above: Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law
The Arizona Abortion Access Act received 577,971 certified signatures, the Arizona secretary of state's office confirmed Monday – nearly 200,000 more than required to appear on the November ballot. An estimated 800,000 signatures were submitted, the office said.
The measure would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution up to fetal viability, which doctors believe is around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
"Today, we got word that Arizona's 15 counties finished their review of a random sample of our signatures and the Secretary of State confirmed that we gathered far more than enough valid signatures, 50 percent above the required minimum. It is the most signatures ever validated by a citizen's initiative in state history," Arizona for Abortion Access, the group behind the measure, celebrated in a statement.
"This is a huge win for Arizona voters who will now get to vote YES on restoring and protecting the right to access abortion care, free from political interference, once and for all," said campaign manager Cheryl Bruce.
In May, the Arizona Senate voted to repeal the state's 160-year-old near-total abortion ban, after the state Supreme Court revived the law and thrust reproductive rights into the political spotlight.
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the legislation the next day and said, "We should recommit to protecting women's bodily autonomy, their ability to make their own health care decisions and the ability to control their lives."
Arizona law currently imposes a 15-week limit for abortions. That restriction, enacted in 2022, does not include exceptions for rape and incest.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which eliminated a constitutional right to abortion nationwide, nearly two dozen US stateshave banned or limited access to the procedure.
