Before Arizona voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2024 to legalize abortion up until birth, the state’s abortion laws still had some guardrails in place—things like parental consent, waiting periods, and informed consent. But even with those protections, the 2023 Abortion Report shows how far the abortion industry had already entrenched itself in our state.

In 2023 alone, 12,705 surgical abortions were performed across seven reported facilities in Arizona. This number does not include chemical abortions, which are increasingly common and more difficult to track in detail.

Two Planned Parenthood facilities—in Tempe and Flagstaff—do not appear in the report because they were not fully operational in 2023 and did not perform surgical abortions. However, both clinics are now fully open and positioned to expand services under Arizona’s new constitutional amendment declaring abortion a “fundamental right.”

These facilities weren’t included in the 2023 data—but they will be moving forward. And with surgical and chemical abortions alike being completely accessible, the number of lives lost will certainly rise.

These aren’t just statistics. These are real buildings where children lost their lives—some within walking distance of the State Capitol.

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