1864: Arizona Territory lawmakers include a clause in territorial code making abortions illegal.
1973: The U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case, requiring states to legalize abortions.
1989: State law requires juveniles to get parental consent to have an abortion. Federal courts later overturned the law.
1996: State law again requires juveniles to get parental consent to have an abortion.
1997: State law bans partial-birth abortions. A federal court later ruled the law unconstitutional.
1999: State law establishes additional regulations and safety standards for abortion clinics.
2002: State law prohibits physician assistants from performing surgical abortions. A law requires health-care plans to cover contraception.
2003: U.S. Congress passes a law banning partial-birth abortions. Democratic Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoes legislation that would have allowed employers to opt out of covering contraception in their health-care plans.
2004: Napolitano vetoes legislation that would have required women to meet with an abortion provider 24 hours before getting an abortion.
2005: Napolitano vetoes legislation that would have allowed medical providers to declare a personal objection and refuse to provide emergency contraception. The Legislature passes and Napolitano signs a bill that allows a person to be charged with murder for actions that result in miscarriage.
2006: Napolitano vetoes legislation that would have required abortion providers to tell women seeking an abortion after 20 weeks that the fetus will feel pain. Napolitano vetoes bills that would have required a parent to give notarized consent for a minor to get an abortion and created new requirements for a judge to allow the minor to get an abortion without parental consent. She also vetoes a bill that would have forbidden public employee health plans from covering abortions except to save the life of the mother.
2007: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the federal law banning partial-birth abortions as constitutional.
2008: Napolitano vetoes legislation that would have created new requirements for a judge to grant permission for a minor to get an abortion without parental consent. She also vetoes bills that would have redefined “partial-birth abortion” and added prison terms for doctors who perform them.
2009: The Legislature passes and Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signs into law bills that make numerous changes to abortion regulations, including banning partial-birth abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother; requiring that parental consent for a minor to get an abortion be notarized; requiring a woman to meet with a doctor at least 24 hours before getting an abortion; and redefining “partial-birth abortion” and giving prison time to doctors who perform such abortions. Legal challenge delayed some of these requirements from going into effect until 2011.
2010: State law forbids government employees’ taxpayer-funded insurance plans from covering abortions.
2011: State laws make numerous changes to abortion regulations, including requiring women get an ultrasound before an abortion; requiring a doctor to allow the woman to see the ultrasound and hear the fetus’ heartbeat; banning telemedicine abortions; prohibiting physician assistants from prescribing medication abortions; and prohibiting abortions based on the baby’s race or sex.
2012: State law bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. State law prohibits clinics that also provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds for other services provided. Both laws are currently facing federal legal challenges. State law requires schools to present childbirth and adoption as preferred options over abortion. State law allows some employers to opt out of covering contraception in their insurance plans.
May 21, 2013: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban, ruling that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade.
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