Although it is almost certain that Arizona voters will have a chance to change the state’s constitution to allow abortion up until the moment of birth, a group wants voters to know how it will affect them, their families, and their communities.
The newly-launched It Goes Too Far campaign is working to alert voters about what they say is “the vague language and broad exemptions” in the proposed abortion amendment which they claim “puts women and girls at risk and is too extreme for Arizonans.”
“Goes too far” blah blah, can’t hear you. Too busy counting up 250,000 signatures for https://t.co/SbKbbAg1T9
— Jodi Liggett (@JodiLiggett) January 13, 2024
The group has launched its website itgoestoofar.com to provide its analysis of the language and its consequences.
The It Goes Too Far campaign is not part of the decline to sign movement. The Decline to Sign group successfully blocked an attack on Arizona’s school choice initiative known as Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs).
Christine Accurso explains that if the AZ constitutional amendment passes, abortion through ALL NINE MONTHS would be legalized. @cseoulaz
That's what "AFTER FETAL VIABILITY" means.
Pray and learn more at https://t.co/AxdIOfBdzY pic.twitter.com/DDlDzl7fLP
— DECLINE TO SIGN AZ Abortion Act (@DeclineAbortion) January 8, 2024
The Decline to Sign effort consists of mostly devoted pro-life voters and activists, initiated by Adrienne Johnson, Senior Advisor for Arizona Women of Action.
The It Goes Too Far campaign is a coalition of Arizonans who hold a broad range of views on abortion, ranging from pro-life to pro-choice, but who agree that this amendment goes too far.
Both groups claim the abortion amendment would strip “commonsense safety protections, remove the required qualified medical doctor, and shut out parents from their minor daughter’s abortion decision, while expanding abortion beyond what most voters support.”
It Goes Too Far Campaign Manager Leisa Brug said, “Arizona abortion laws should protect girls and women, not put them at greater risk, but this amendment asks voters to expand abortion while cutting safety precautions. That makes no sense.”
Brug went on to say, “What happened to the prized doctor-patient relationship? This takes the required qualified medical doctor out of the doctor-patient relationship and leaves women in the hands of unqualified providers. That is not making the health and safety of women a priority.”
“The language forbids any laws that could be interpreted as “interfering” in abortion. That means safety precautions designed to avoid complications or save a girl’s life in case of complications, and other reasonable measures would be forbidden and unenforceable,” Brug continued. “The use of the term “treating healthcare professional” to describe who can provide or sign off on a late-term abortion is recklessly vague.”
The pro-abortion group, Arizona for Abortion Access, though its spokesperson Chris Love, announced this week that it has 250,000 signatures of the 383,923 they need to place their up-until-birth abortion initiative on the November ballot.