Arizona still has a law banning abortion on the books and the legislature is up for grabs.
Abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973.
But activists believe the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling could be overturned following Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement announcement and President Donald Trump's promise to quickly insert a conservative replacement.
Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He now must be confirmed by the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate.
If the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe V. Wade, the impact in Arizona could be significant and swift, activists say. Arizona since at least the early 1960s has had laws on its books banning abortion and restricting birth control.
Those laws are not enforced, but they were never removed.
"What we learned from before Roe, illegal abortion does a disservice to women's health and a disservice to women's autonomy and dignity," Elizabeth Nash, state issues manager for the national Guttmacher Institute, told The Arizona Republic. "That is a lesson we don't need to repeat learning."
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