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The Arizona Territory was authorized to hold a constitutional convention in 1910 at which the constitution was drafted and submitted to Congress. The original constitution was approved by Congress, but subsequently vetoed by President William H. Taft on his objections concerning the recalling of judges.
Abortion in Arizona is legal up to the point of fetal viability as a result of Arizona Proposition 139 being put into the Arizona state constitution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the southernmost continental state where abortion is broadly protected.
Once approved, the ballot measure added the following text to Article 2, Section 8.1, of the Arizona Constitution: [11] 8.1. Fundamental right to abortion; definitions A. Every individual has a fundamental right to abortion, and the state shall not enact, adopt, or enforce any law, regulation, policy, or practice that does any of the following: 1.
The amendment established that every individual has the fundamental right to abortion, and that the state of Arizona may not interfere before… Arizona enshrines abortion rights in state constitution
A rizona voters will decide in November whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution—a move in a key swing state that could have implications for the tumultuous and ...
It would recognize the fundamental right to marry in the Constitution. Colorado had similar measures on the ballot aimed at removing antiquated language in the state’s Constitution that ...
The Guarantee Clause of Article 4 of the Constitution states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." These two provisions indicate states did not surrender their wide latitude to adopt a constitution, the fundamental documents of state law , when the U.S. Constitution was adopted.
NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the ballot across the country Tuesday.