PHOENIX—Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement following the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v. Mayes.
“The Arizona Supreme Court has allowed a near-total abortion ban to go into effect – one written before Arizona was a state, before women could vote. Under this extreme law, women will die and their doctors and nurses will be criminalized.
This cannot stand. We will not stay silent in the face of these outrageous attacks on our fundamental freedoms. In Congress, I’ll keep fighting to restore the protections under Roe v. Wade as the law of the land.
But the stakes this November couldn’t be higher, and Arizonans must forcefully reject this extreme overreach by passing the Arizona Right to Abortion Initiative to finally enshrine the right to safe, legal reproductive care in our state’s constitution.”