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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.
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.
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. Typically state constitutions address a wide array of issues deemed by the states to be of sufficient importance to be included in the constitution rather than in an ...
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
The Arizona secretary of state’s office said Monday that it had certified enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot. Under the proposed amendment, the state would not be able to ban ...
Arizona Proposition 102 was an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of Arizona adopted by a ballot measure held in 2008. It added Article 30 of the Arizona Constitution , which says: "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state."
The proposed act asks voters if the state should establish a fundamental right to abortion in the Arizona Constitution, prohibit the state from outlawing abortion before fetal viability – around ...
The following is a partial list of Arizona ballot propositions.. The initiative and referendum process in Arizona has been in use since Arizona attained statehood in 1912. The first initiative was passed the same year Arizona was granted statehood when on November 5, 1912, an initiative relating to women's suffrage was passed by a greater than two to one margin. [1]