Fri Jul 8, 2022 – 10:24 am EDT
PHOENIX (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-abortion activists failed to gather enough signatures by Thursday for a referendum that would ask Arizona voters to “enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution,” according to the Associated Press.
“A newly organized group of abortion rights supporters that filed an initiative in mid-May to protect the right to abortion fell way short of the approximately 356,000 needed signatures,” the wire service reported. “The effort by a group called Arizonans for Reproductive Freedom was a longshot, and while they collected about 2,700 per day that only totaled about 175,000. Initiative proponents often aim to collect at least an extra 30% over the minimum as a buffer.”
Abortion is currently illegal under a 1901 law that criminalizes the killing of preborn babies. The state never repealed the law, originally passed when it was a U.S. territory.
The pro-abortion group plans to try again in 2024.
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“This campaign will not stop until abortions are once again legal and accessible across Arizona,” Shasta McManus, the group’s treasurer, stated in a news release. “Since June 24, Arizona has
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