Arizona Constitution

Article 2, § 8.1

Arizona Const. art. 2, § 8.1

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Ariz. Const. art. 2, § 8.1.

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A. Every individual has a fundamental right to abortion, and the state shall not enact, adopt or enforce any law, regulation, policy or practice that does any of the following: 1.  Denies, restricts or interferes with that right before fetal viability unless justified by a compelling state interest that is achieved by the least restrictive means. 2. Denies, restricts or interferes with an abortion after fetal viability that, in the good faith judgment of a treating health care professional, is necessary to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual. 3. Penalizes any individual or entity for aiding or assisting a pregnant individual in exercising the individual's right to abortion as provided in this section. B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Compelling state interest" means a law, regulation, policy or practice that meets both of the following: (a) Is enacted or adopted for the limited purpose of improving or maintaining the health of an individual seeking abortion care, consistent with accepted clinical standards of practice and evidence-based medicine. (b) Does not infringe on that individual's autonomous decision making. 2. "Fetal viability" means the point in pregnancy when, in the good faith judgment of a treating health care professional and based on the particular facts of the case, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus's sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures. 3. "State" means this state, any agency of this state or any political subdivision of this state.

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