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It Goes Too Far is a platform that advocates against an amendment that removes safety standards at abortion clinics, eliminates the requirement for medical doctors, and leaves girls and women in the hands of unqualified providers.
Arizonans can have different opinions on abortion, but this amendment goes TOO FAR. The law in Arizona has been settled. Abortion is legal up to 15 weeks, and beyond that for medical emergencies. And we have commonsense safety precautions to protect girls and women from complications such as a perforated uterus or bowel, sepsis, infertility, and hemorrhaging. The abortion amendment makes those critical safeguards impossible to enforce. Read it and you will see it states no regulation can “infringe on an individual’s [abortion] decision.” Not even safety standards.
TAKES THE DOCTOR OUT OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP... by removing the required medical doctor. If you read the amendment for yourself, you won’t even find the term “doctor” or “physician.” So, it removes the doctor, while also removing critical safety precautions. It’s reckless, and voters deserve to know this so they can decide for themselves.
THE LANGUAGE LEGALIZES LATE-TERM ABORTION BEYOND VIABILITY...under a broad exemption known for decades to rubber stamp late-term abortion for virtually any reason. If you look up the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Doe v Bolton, you’ll see for yourself how broad the health exemption is.
Arizona’s healthcare professionals don’t always agree on the issue of abortion, but we all agree on the profound responsibility we have to put the health and safety of our patients first.
With abortion now legal in Arizona up to 15 weeks, we are perplexed and deeply concerned about a political initiative likely to be on the November ballot that creates a real danger to pregnant women seeking abortions.
We may be Pro-Life, we may be Pro-Choice, and we may take a position without one of those labels. We are divided on the issue of abortion, but we are united in this: The health and safety of all patients must be our top priority.
