Court Rules Arizona Voter Pamphlets Can Call an Embryo an ‘Unborn Human Being’

Arizona voters will decide whether to add abortion as a right to their state constitution in November, allowing abortions until about the 24th week of pregnancy

Thousands of protesters march around the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision in Phoenix on June 24, 2022. Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo

Arizona’s Supreme Court decided Aug. 14 that an embryo or fetus can be called an “unborn human being” in information pamphlets for voters ahead of the state vote on abortion.

This November, Arizona voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion as a right in their state constitution. The proposed amendment would allow abortions until fetal viability, or about the 24th week of pregnancy.