PHOENIX – Proposition 139, Arizona’s abortion rights measure, has been approved by voters, the Associated Press reports.

The measure, known as the Arizona Abortion Access Act, is one of a number of similar measures that voters across the country decided on Election Day. In Arizona, the measure would amend Article II of the Arizona State Constitution by inserting a new section on the issue of abortion.

“Every individual has a fundamental right to an abortion,” part of the measure reads.

The measure also prohibits the state from:

• Denying, restricting, or interfering with abortion rights before fetal viability, “unless justified by a compelling state interest that is achieved by the least restrictive means.”

• Prohibiting, restricting, or interfering with an abortion that occurs after fetal viability that “in the good faith opinion of a health care professional is necessary to protect the life or mental health of the pregnant person.”

• Penalizing any person or entity for “aiding or assisting a pregnant person in the exercise of the individual’s right to abortion”.

Proposition 139 defines fetal viability, for the purposes of the law, as “the point in pregnancy at which, in the good faith judgment of a practicing health care professional and based on the particular facts of the case, there is a significant likelihood that the fetus . sustained survival outside the womb without the application of extraordinary medical measures.”

Read more: Proposition 139: What you need to know about Arizona’s Abortion Access Act

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, Arizona saw a legal conflict involving two drastically different abortion laws. Of the two laws, one institutes a 15-week abortion ban for the state, and the other, which dates back to pre-statehood days, prescribes a criminal penalty for people who assist a pregnant woman to have an abortion.

Arizona was not the only state with an abortion rights measure on the ballot.

Missouri voters cleared the way to overturn one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of seven victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments, leaving the bans in force.

Abortion rights amendments have also passed in Colorado, Maryland and Montana. Nevada voters also approved an amendment, but will have to pass it again in 2026 for it to take effect. Another banning discrimination based on “pregnancy results” prevailed in New York.