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KJZZ · 14h

Volunteers share pads, tampons and solidarity with Arizona women facing poverty, homelessness

For many people, menstrual products like pads, tampons and liners are as essential as putting food on the table. But on top of already rising prices, state law in Arizona still puts a luxury tax on them.
The Columbus Dispatch · 6d

Republicans think Arizona voters are dumb enough to cripple ballot propositions | Opinion

A Republican effort would make it a lot more difficult for a citizens' initiative to pass in Arizona, raising the threshold to 60%.
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 11d

Abortion rights groups end lawsuit against Arizona 'personhood,' abnormalities law

While abortion rights advocates hailed the end of the case as a victory ... president of the National Council of Jewish Women Arizona, said in a statement. "Today we honor the years of work that made this victory possible.” The council was one of ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Apr 25, 2024

State leaders launch website to educate Arizona women on reproductive health care rights

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Gov. Katie Hobbs and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the launch of a new website designed to provide women with “critical reproductive healthcare information.”
Icon for people.comPeople · Apr 10, 2024

Arizona Is Reinstating a Near-Total Abortion Ban Enacted 160 Years Ago — Before Women Could Vote

The Civil War-era law makes performing abortions and helping women find abortion ... that the issue of reproductive rights could help Democrats get elected in Arizona in November.
Payson Roundup · 6d

Women’s rights activist offers glimpse of legislative process

A veteran women’s rights activist offered a view of the lawmaking process in the Arizona legislature during an appearance before the Donuts for Dems meeting in Payson in late March.
Icon for tucson.comArizona Daily Star · Mar 16, 2025

Nogales leader in 1917 was part of women’s suffrage movement

In 1917, when Theodora Sprecher Marsh showed up at the Arizona House of Representatives as the representative from Santa Cruz County, she was only one of three women in the House. Flanked by ...
Icon for www.wsj.comWall Street Journal · 1d

Harris in Arizona: 'We Trust Women'

(Matt York/Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris declared “we trust women” as she delivered a closing message in Arizona Thursday. At a rally at an outdoor amphitheater in Phoenix ...
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 11d

Abortion rights groups end lawsuit against Arizona 'personhood,' abnormalities law

While abortion rights advocates hailed the end of the ... president of the National Council of Jewish Women Arizona, said in a statement. "Today we honor the years of work that made this victory ...