Gabrielle Goodrick’s day has barely begun and she’s already poring over a stack of legal documents. As the nurses and other doctors at her clinic start seeing the first of what will be upwards of 40 patients that day, the 59-year-old family medicine doctor and owner of Camelback Family Planning – one of Arizona’s few abortion clinics – has a decision to make.
Since the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022, Arizona has banned all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy – with a small but vague carveout for medical emergencies. In November, Arizona voters will get to weigh in on a ballot measure that would enshrine in the state constitution the right to abortion until viability, or around 24 weeks.
