Prop. 139, a proposed state constitutional amendment to safeguard abortion rights in Arizona, has divided voters. The measure would ensure access to abortion through fetal viability, more than two months beyond the current 15-week ban.

Arizona voters supported and passed Proposition 139, which will expand abortion access after the state repealed an archaic abortion law.

Some voters who enshrined abortion access in the Arizona constitution also elected candidates who would remove that right.

Proposition 139, Arizona's abortion rights ballot measure, has been approved by voters, the Associated Press reports.

PHOENIX -- Kristin and Dave Gambardella never expected the journey of growing their family to include an abortion procedure, but in summer 2023, the married couple nevertheless found themselves in a Planned Parenthood parking lot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a seven-hour drive from their home in Tucson, Arizona.

Arizonans are putting a right to abortion into the state constitution. More than 60% of the votes counted so far from Tuesday’s election support Proposition 139. It will allow women to terminate a pregnancy without state interference until the point of fetal viability, generally considered between 22 and 24 weeks.