Foetuses can be called 'unborn humans' for Arizona abortion vote

Pro-choice activists criticised the ruling, but the state's top court said the wording did not break impartiality rules.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS ElectionUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersFoetuses can be called 'unborn humans' for Arizona abortion voteGetty ImagesThe group Arizona for Abortion Access said it was "deeply disappointed" by the rulingJudges in Arizona have allowed officials to call a foetus an "unborn human being" in public information leaflets ahead of a statewide vote on abortion in November.

Pro-choice activists criticised the ruling, saying the phrase is "biased", but the state's top court said the wording did not break impartiality rules.

America has been locked in a bitter debate over reproductive freedoms after the US Supreme Court rescinded the nationwide right to abortion two years ago.

On 5 November, the issue will again be in the spotlight, when Arizona and other states vote on whether to add a woman's right to an abortion to their own constitutions.

The group Arizona for Abortion Access said voters would be "subjected to biased, politically-charged words developed not by experts but by anti-abortion special interests".

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