Arizona Abortion Laws

Okaaaay, So I am hearing so much news and so many people talking about this one topic lately. The New Abortion Laws Going back as far as 1973 Called

Roe v. Wade, since (1973), it was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to choose to have an abortion..

So Here it’s is 2022 and our states are trying to throw us back into the old ages.

*Arizona ban on abortion*

The current status of abortion law in Arizona is unclear,(witch they need to get clear, leaving us confused lol) even to legal experts. A law passed before Arizona was a state completely bans abortions and makes it a felony for providers to perform them, explained Jennifer Piatt, a research scholar at the Center for Public Health and Law and Policy at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

** “We have a law that was passed in March of this year that bans abortions at 15 weeks,” Piatt said. Another law bans abortions at the point of viability, usually around 24 weeks. “There’s going to certainly be some litigation to determine whether those more recent laws that do actually allow abortion up to some point take precedent over that incredibly old pre-statehood law.”

The “conflicting provisions” in the state leads to an environment where people worry about offering abortions, Piatt said.***

With all that being said Arizona has banned abortion. Me as a person I feel we are adults or can make our own decisions as a human being. Especially females now a day and when it comes to the very unexpected (rape, ect…) we should be able to make our own decisions. I’m not against it or look down on people who have had to do so. I have a couple friends but I couldn’t I wouldn’t not matter the issue or what had happen.

Now, I can across this story today about an Arizona women who was/is pregnant. Her name is Chloe , But when she had happened to go to her anatomy scan at 21 weeks, she said the doctor saw "red flags" and referred her to a specialist. Chloe stated that It took about two weeks for her to get an appointment scheduled , and when she finally was able to set the appointment , she learned some very upsetting news.

“The Couple found out there that thier baby was not coping properly and that her conditions were incompatible (with life),” Chloe recalled. “My OB-GYN basically gave me the options of going out of state to get ... an abortion, inducing in the hospital there or staying pregnant until she’s either passing away inside of me or go full term.”

Around the same time, the fetus began having seizure-like movements that Chloe could feel. She said she only wants to do what's best for her unborn child.

“I want the more intimate moment of giving birth and having her pass away naturally,” she said. “I wanted to end her suffering in a peaceful way, and I wanted to spend some moments with her and be able to love on her.”

She said her doctor was going to plan the induction in June but she didn’t hear back for a week. He needed to have it approved by the hospital board, Chloe said.

With an induction in a nonviable pregnancy like this, the doctor stops the fetal heart and then birth is induced to deliver the fetus.

As Chloe's surgery was being scheduled, the Supreme Court announced its decision overturning Roe and leaving abortion rights up to individual states.

Chloe Stated “My doctor called me and he was like, ‘I’m so sorry we can’t induce you’ and he basically told me that at the time my only options were to stay pregnant,” she said..

For me as a mother that’s so heartbreaking. I can’t imagine what she is going thro. Chloe is a 21yr mother with a 11month old baby girl. They where so excited and happy but of course nervous, who isn’t right? But the couple was still so excited… and to come and found out at 21 weeks along something is very wrong. My heart breaks for the family. Stay strong.