WASHINGTON – Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema released the following statement:
“A woman’s health care choices should be between her, her family, and her doctor. Today’s decision by the Arizona Supreme Court endangers women’s health, safety, and well-being.
“Arizonans should not be forced to travel out of state just to receive basic, sometimes even life-saving, health care. Doctors and hospitals should not be punished for providing health care to their patients. Throughout my over 20 years of public service I’ve always supported women’s access to reproductive care, and I will work with anyone to protect Arizona women’s ability to make their own decisions about their futures.”
Sinema has repeatedly voted in favor and championed efforts protecting women’s right to choose. The Senator is an original cosponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act – legislation preventing the government from placing restrictions on women’s access to health care – and introduced the bipartisan Reproductive Freedom For All Act to protect Arizona women’s abilities to make their own health care decisions.