In a move to school Arizonan women on their reproductive rights, Governor Katie Hobbs, alongside Attorney General Kris Mayes, launched a new website housing crucial healthcare info, following the state Supreme Court's nod to a pre-Civil War era total abortion ban. The digital hub, dubbed ReproductiveHealth.az.gov, acts as a guiding beacon for where to snag reproductive healthcare and answers pivotal FAQs, as indicated on the governor's official site.
In the wake of the legal shake-up, Governor Hobbs made it clear that she's sticking to her guns, fighting for bodily autonomy rights, rejecting the notion of a bleaker future where her own daughter might live with strapped-down rights, and not letting what she dubs "radical extremists" grip the reins on women's healthcare. Hobbs outright proclaimed on her website, “I refuse to accept a future in which my 22-year-old daughter has fewer rights than I did when I was her age, and I refuse to let radical extremists take control of women's bodies.”
The digital resource comes as Arizona's latest legal drama throws the state a century and a half backward, rekindling an 1864 near-total abortion veto, a time warp that both Hobbs and Mayes appear determined to resist, by keeping locals in the loop on evolving reproductive care legalities. Attorney General Mayes expressed gratitude for the collaboration with Hobbs' office to amass the on-site repository and vowed to strive in keeping citizens informed, she told the governor's official site, "We'll continue working to keep Arizonans informed as the legal landscape around reproductive care evolves in the weeks and months ahead. And rest assured, I'll do everything I can to prevent this 160-year-old law from ever taking effect."
In addition, the initiative highlights Hobbs' continued advocacy for women's reproductive freedoms, in her tenure she's notched her belt with actions such wiping out county attorneys' power to prosecute abortion cases, uplifting over-the-counter contraception availability, and turning away legislation that could cripple access to in-vitro fertilization and legally-permitted abortions.
