GOP-backed ‘preborn child’ legislation could imperil future abortion access

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,130

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Over a year ago, Arizona voters told Republican lawmakers to stay out a woman’s decision to terminate a pregnancy. That hasn’t stopped them from pushing laws that include phrases like “unborn” or “preborn child,” and reproductive rights experts say that’s an intentional strategy to chip away at abortion access.

Israel Cook, the state legislative counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, denounced the continued efforts from Republican legislators in Arizona to attack abortion care as …

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