Pro-abortion groups challenge Arizona abortion restrictions

Published April 11, 2019 8:30pm ET



Planned Parenthood of Arizona, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and individual healthcare professionals filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to remove a range of Arizona abortion restrictions.

The laws in question, which have been enacted over the course of years, most recently in 2018, prevent nurse practitioners from performing abortion procedures, require women to see visit a doctor twice at least 24 hours apart before obtaining an abortion, and ban prescriptions of abortion pills by telemedicine, among other regulations.

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