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COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION IN PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S SUIT TO PROTECT WOMEN’S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Planned Parenthood Arizona is very pleased that an injunction has been issued to delay the omnibus anti-abortion law from going into effect while litigation is pending. Planned Parenthood Arizona filed the lawsuit on Sept. 14 and the preliminary injunctive hearing was held today in Maricopa County Superior Court.
“This is a law all Arizonans should be concerned about,” said Bryan Howard, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona. “The government has erected barriers that deny citizens the ability to make their own health care decisions. We are grateful the court has put this law on hold.”
This law creates substantial burdens on some pregnant women, increases cost, and denies access to services for women who seek abortion and some methods of contraception. It is designed to make accessing abortion and contraceptive care in Arizona more complicated while also making it difficult for medical providers to offer accessible, affordable care.
Planned Parenthood Arizona will continue to provide the quality, affordable health care women and families have expected from the organization for 75 years –cancer screenings, well-woman exams, HIV/STI testing and educational programming and abortion care – throughout the litigation process.
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA FILES LAWSUIT TO PROTECT WOMEN’S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Planned Parenthood Arizona filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of several provisions in the omnibus anti-abortion law that threatens women’s access to health care in Arizona.
“Planned Parenthood of Arizona is committed to ensuring women and families in this state have access to the comprehensive reproductive care they need,” said Bryan Howard, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona. “This law puts the health and well being of more than half of our state’s residents at risk by restricting women’s access to comprehensive care. We believe the regulations should not be put into place until the court rules on the legality of this onerous law.”
This law does nothing but creates barriers, increases cost, and denies access to services and providers for women who seek abortion care. It is designed to make accessing abortion care in Arizona more complicated while also making it difficult for medical providers to provide accessible, affordable care.
The lawsuit was filed in state court, and Planned Parenthood Arizona has asked the court to prevent the new restrictions from going into effect while the litigation is pending. Planned Parenthood Arizona is committed to providing affordable access to health care for women and families and will continue to do so through this litigation process.
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Governor Brewer Signs Extreme Measure to Prevent Women from Accessing Abortion Care in Arizona!
If you can't access safe, legal health care, do you really have a choice?
We at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona understand better than most the conflicting values and emotions that surface when women face the decision to terminate a pregnancy. We also understand that it is every woman's right to have access to safe abortion care. Lawmakers in Arizona disagree.
On July 13, 2009, Governor Jan Brewer signed in law the most extreme measure Arizona has ever seen that will have a chilling effect on our access to reproductive health care. This law is broad and far-reaching and is designed ONLY to restrict women's access to reproductive health care and birth control. It contains a number of draconian components that do nothing but interfere with a woman's right to obtain abortion care and birth control such as Emergency Contraception.
We all want to reduce the need for abortion, but we must address this problem at its root, by addressing the epidemic that is unplanned pregnancy, something this legislature and this governor seem unwilling to do.
Please join now by clicking below and help Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona continue to work to elect policy makers that are pro- women, pro-family and PRO-CHOICE!!
Planned Parenthood will do everything in our power to prevent this law from becoming a reality, but this will come at a hefty price. Your support is needed today.
Please help Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona continue to advocate for women regardless of their circumstances by joining us today. In this environment, defending access and choice for women and families in your community will take an enormous amount of time and money. Only your support can make this possible.
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