This bill proposes significant updates to current Arizona statutes regarding abortion by expanding the roles of healthcare providers. Specifically, it authorizes nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants to perform certain abortion procedures and removes existing prohibitions on the scope of practice for these providers concerning abortion. The bill also clarifies the definition of "abortion" and introduces terms like "surgical abortion" and "medication abortion", while repealing outdated provisions to better align with contemporary medical practices. Additionally, the bill modifies consent requirements for minors, allowing the aforementioned healthcare providers to secure consent and perform abortions under specific conditions. It removes the father of the unborn child and maternal grandparents from the list of individuals who can file civil actions for informed consent violations, limiting this right to the woman on whom the abortion was performed. The bill also clarifies statutory damages to be $5,000 or three times the cost of the abortion, whichever is greater, and repeals sections of the Arizona Revised Statutes that are outdated or redundant, aiming to streamline the legal framework surrounding abortion services.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 32-1606, 32-2501, 32-2531, 32-2532, 36-449.01, 36-449.03, 36-2151, 36-2152, 36-2153, 36-2155, 36-2156, 36-2158, 36-2160, 36-2161, 36-2162.01, 36-2301, 36-2301.01, 36-2301.02, 32-3248.03, 41-1750, 92-544, 13-604, 32-1669, 32-1668, 32-1651, 32-1272, 32-2536, 32-2521, 32-1901, 41-1831, 36-661, 91-513, 35-146, 35-147, 32-2504, 32-3248, 32-3248.01, 36-301, 36-405, 36-431.01, 36-427, 36-430, 13-3603.02, 32-3201, 41-319, 13-3620, 11-593, 36-329