Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees
February 6, 2026
A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights. In a ruling released Friday, Maricopa Superior Court Judge Greg Como found that the older laws present unnecessary obstacles to getting an abortion, including requiring patients to see a doctor twice, at least 24 hours apart, before obtaining one, and barring doctors from prescribing abortion pills by telehealth and mailing them to patients. Arizona’s Democratic attorney general supported the plaintiffs. Republican state Senate President Warren Petersen’s office says the ruling will be appealed.