National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Maricopa County Branch, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum vs. Tom Horne, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP of Maricopa County and the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) challenging a state law that relies on harmful racial stereotypes to shame and discriminate against Black women and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women who decide to end their pregnancies.
The law, HB 2443, is based on stereotypes that Black and API women cannot be trusted to make personal health care decisions without scrutiny by the state.
The law, which contains criminal penalties, requires every physician providing abortion care to certify that the reason the woman is seeking that care has nothing to do with the race or sex of the embryo or fetus.
Status: On March 12, 2014 we appealed the dismissal of our challenge to Arizona’s discriminatory race- and sex-based abortion ban (HB 2443).
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Legal Documents
NAACP, et al. v. Tom Horne, et al. - Amicus Brief of Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Support of Pts
NAACP, et al. v. Tom Horne, et al.- Amicus Brief of Social Psychologists in Support of Plts
NAACP, et al. v. Tom Horne, et al. - Amicus Brief of Black Women's Health Imperative in Support of Pts
NAACP, et al. v. Tom Horne, et al. - Amicus Brief of Constitutional Scholars in Support of Plts
NAACP, et al. v. Tom Horne, et al. - Appeal
NAACP, et al. v. Tom Horne, et al. - Exhibits A-E