From The Hill: An Arizona judge on Friday struck down three state laws that limited abortion access, including a ban on telemedicine for abortion, ruling that the laws violate the state’s constitution.
Maricopa Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled that the restrictions predated a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2024 allowing abortion access. Como noted that the restrictions violated Arizonans’ “fundamental right to abortion under Arizona law” and did not improve patient health, Reuters reported.
“Each of these laws infringe on a woman’s ‘autonomous decision making’ by mandating medical procedures and disclosure of information regardless of the patient’s needs and wishes,” Como wrote in his ruling.
The laws also banned having patients give a reason for seeking an abortion, requiring patients undergo an ultrasound 24 hours before having an abortion, having patients take two trips to a clinic for in-person counseling and another for the abortion, and having abortion pills be mailed.
The judge’s ruling came two Arizona OB-GYN doctors and the Arizona Medical Association filed the lawsuit, arguing that the restrictions “make it harder to access abortion care and thus violate the state’s new constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion.”
The ACLU cheered the ruling, writing in a statement, “This decision will significantly expand abortion access in the state, allowing patients to get time-sensitive care in their communities.”
Arizona state Senate President Warren Petersen (R) said the ruling will be appealed.
Arizona state Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, cheered, “Today’s ruling is a major victory for Arizona women, families, and their doctors. The court has affirmed what we’ve known all along: the abortion restrictions challenged in this case are unconstitutional.”
Today’s ruling is a major victory for Arizona women, families, and their doctors. The court has affirmed what we’ve known all along: the abortion restrictions challenged in this case are unconstitutional.https://t.co/NAFFVtclzT
— AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes (@AZAGMayes) February 6, 2026
An Arizona judge on Friday struck down three state laws that limited access to abortion, saying the restrictions violated a right to abortion that was added to the state’s constitution in 2024. https://t.co/oEkiTxEZdU
— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) February 6, 2026
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