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Here's what you need to know: The most basic answer. In most states, abortion is an option up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. Some states cap their restriction at 20-22 weeks gestation. Unless a physician or state law prohibits, you are able to receive abortion services as soon as pregnancy is confirmed.
Abortion is legal in Arizona, when provided by a licensed physician, with the following restrictions: Abortion beyond 15 weeks of pregnancy is permitted.
Abortions are legal up to 15 weeks' gestation, ing to an Arizona law that first took effect on Oct. 7, 2022, after an appeals court temporarily blocked an 1864 total abortion ban in Arizona that had previously been put into effect on Sept. 23, days before the 15-week ban was expected to go into effect.
After nearly a half century of legal, pre-viability abortion in Arizona, in March 2022 the state legislature passed S.B. 1164, which criminalized virtually all abortion care after 15 weeks into pregnancy, except in narrowly defined medical emergencies.
Since 2022, Arizona has enforced a law banning abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. Proposition 139 will amend the state constitution to guarantee abortions access up to the point of fetal viability — around 24 weeks.
On November 5, 2024, the voters approved Proposition 139, which establishes a fundamental right to abortion under the Arizona Constitution. The constitutional amendment took effect on November 25, 2024.
Note: As of November 6, 2024, 13 states have banned abortion (Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia). Private insurance includes both employer-sponsored insurance and individual off-exchange insurance.
Medical and surgical abortions can generally only be carried out up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. In very limited circumstances an abortion can take place after 24 weeks -- for example, if there's a risk to life or there are problems with the baby's development.
36-2151 - Definitions. 36-2151. Definitions. 1. "Abortion" means the use of any means to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will cause, with reasonable likelihood, the death of the unborn child.
The Arizona Abortion Access Act creates a “fundamental right” to receive abortion care up until fetal viability, with exceptions after that to “protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual.” The Act was officially added to the state's constitution on November 25.