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Candidates move toward center on key issues in tight Congressional race

Arizona’s CD6 race between incumbent Republican Juan Ciscomani and former Democratic state legislator Kirsten Engel is one of the most competitive in the state. Both candidates have veered toward more centered rhetoric in hopes of winning the district.

Mayes joins 24 states to challenge Idaho's abortion ban

Idaho's abortion ban faces legal challenge as Mayes joins 24 states to uphold protections for emergency care.

Barack Obama rallies Arizona voters in Tucson

The former president urged voters to back VP Kamala Harris and AZ Democrats.

Walz hits reproductive rights, economic opportunity during stump speech at local Tucson high school

The Vice Presidential candidate held a rally on the first day of early voting in Arizona.

Arizona's 1864 abortion ban is officially off the books

The repeal comes as voters consider a ballot measure that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution.

Arizona Supreme Court clears way for voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion

Under the measure, abortions would be allowed until an embryo or fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks.

AZ Supreme Court Justice remains on abortion ballot language case, after claims of bias

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery's choice comes 24 hours after Arizona for Abortion Access called for his recusal.

Republicans advocate to keep "unborn human being" in AZ abortion ballot description

They argue that the term is a direct quote from Arizona's current law, making it impartial.

Arizonans rally for reproductive rights: Record-breaking signatures to secure abortion access on ballot

Arizona for Abortion Access gathers over 823,000 signatures, doubling the required number, to place the right to abortion on the November ballot.

AZ doctors can perform later-term abortions in emergencies, AG says

Mayes clarified the exceptions to Arizona law in an opinion released Thursday.

Abortion rights will play a big role this election, VP Harris says at Phoenix event

Harris told a crowd of hundreds Monday that access to IVF and contraception, and possibly same-sex marriage, are now at risk because of former President Donald Trump

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services visits Arizona to talk abortion access

Secretary Xavier Becerra stopped in Tucson and Phoenix for his Reproductive Healthcare for All tour.

With 1864 abortion ban repealed, Arizona doctors don’t need emergency licenses in California and none have signed up

Arizona abortion providers and abortion rights advocates voiced appreciation for the neighborly gesture.

House Minority Whip backs Engel, slams Ciscomani on women's health record

United States House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and democratic congressional hopeful Kirsten Engel tour Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access.

Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom

California's law is meant to circumvent an Arizona law that bans nearly all abortions in that state.

AZ Supreme Court puts 1864 abortion ban enforcement on hold

The court is wating another 90 days before the near-total abortion ban goes into effect.

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