Abortion rights advocates push for 2024 ballot initiative in Arizona

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Abortion rights advocates plan to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion. The move announced Tuesday injects the issue into the battleground state’s volatile politics ahead of next year’s election. If proponents collect enough signatures, Arizona will become the latest state to put the question of reproductive rights directly to voters, who have turned out in large numbers to support abortion rights even in conservative states. Voters in Ohio on Tuesday rejected a proposed constitutional change that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights.