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Team —

We just filed a lawsuit challenging two Arizona abortion restrictions.

One of these restrictions would ban abortion if there is any indication that the patient’s reason for seeking this care is a fetal diagnosis; the other would grant “personhood” rights to fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs in a manner that would criminalize essential medical care for pregnant people.

We will continue to fight for the people of Arizona and other states to ensure they can exercise their constitutional right to make decisions about their bodies and their futures.

Please make an emergency gift of $35 or more right now to stand with us in this fight.

The case—filed on behalf of two Arizona physicians, the Arizona Medical Association, National Council of Jewish Women Arizona, and the Arizona National Organization of Women—aims to block the measures before they take effect on September 29.

The law being challenged, S.B. 1457, includes:

1. A ban on abortions based on a patient's reason for seeking one, including when the abortion could be deemed due to a fetal condition or diagnosis. This ban targets pregnant people already facing complex considerations regarding fetal genetic conditions by taking away their constitutional right to choose previability abortion and driving a wedge between a patient and their provider; and
   
   
2. A "personhood requirement" that would classify fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs as people starting at the point of conception for purposes of all Arizona law. The "personhood requirement" would criminalize important medical care that is essential for pregnant people and would place physicians and pregnant people at risk of arbitrary prosecution for a vast array of actions that could harm fetuses and embryos.

Politicians should not get to decide what the acceptable reasons are for seeking an abortion. This law is an affront to our constitutional rights and our ability to make private decisions free from government intrusion. Will you make an urgently-needed gift right now to defend reproductive rights?

Onward,

Emily Nestler
Senior Counsel, U.S. Litigation