With giant IUD outside Capitol, Arizona Democrats call on GOP to protect contraception access

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 949

Last Updated: 6 hours, 27 minutes ago

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Standing in front of a 20-foot tall, inflatable IUD across the street from the state Capitol, Democratic lawmakers lambasted Republicans for blocking efforts to ensure Arizonans have a right to contraception.

In 2023, on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court eliminating the constitutional right to abortion — a decision that prompted Justice Thomas Clarence, in his concurring opinion, to write that a reconsideration of the constitutional right to contraception should be next …

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