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AZ SB1550
Bill
Status
2/4/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rebecca Rios
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 36-2154 regarding the right to refuse participation in abortion procedures on moral or religious grounds.
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Removes language that specifically extended conscience protections to pharmacies and their employees, effectively eliminating pharmacist objection rights to abortion medication and emergency contraception.
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Retains protections for hospitals, physicians, and other hospital staff members who object to abortion procedures on moral or religious grounds.
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Removes the requirement that pharmacies return patient prescriptions when refusing to dispense abortion medication or emergency contraception.
Legislative Description
Abortion; objection; pharmacists; repeal
Pharmacists
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/5/2020