Abortion rights advocates condemn Arizona GOP for undermining 2024 voter mandate

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 16, 2026

Words: 1,416

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago


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Days away from a legislative deadline by which bills must be heard or risk dying without ever being considered, Democratic lawmakers in Arizona are urging Republicans to respect the voter mandate issued in 2024 and support proposals that protect abortion access.

Those pleas are likely to continue being ignored.

For decades, the GOP-controlled state legislature has worked to restrict the ability of women to obtain the procedure. And that hasn’t changed in the …

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