Wendy Rogers' Reproductive Rights Record

Texas Bill

Rogers Said She Would Sponsor A Heartbeat Bill In Arizona. According to Wendy Rogers’ official Twitter,

[Twitter.com/WendyRogersAZ, 9/01/21]

 

5 Week Ban

Rogers Sponsored A Bill To Change Medical Professionals Who Provided Abortions After As Early As Five Weeks With A Felony. According to Capitol media Services, “Conceding they are courting a lawsuit, abortion foes in the Legislature are moving to make felons out of doctors who perform abortions after there’s a fetal heartbeat — something that happens even before a woman may know she is pregnant. Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, who is behind the move, also wants the same Class 3 felony with its presumptive 3½-year sentence in state prison for the nurses, assistants and even clerical staff who were involved.  […] HB 2140 approaches it from a different angle, declaring that anyone who performs an abortion on a fetus with a detectable heartbeat ‘kills a human being.’ ‘We know that we are sacrificing innocent life unless we save innocent children when the heartbeat is heard,’ Rogers said. ‘There is no conscionable reason for us to continue the sacrifice of human life.’ ‘As obstetricians, our obligation extends to both mothers and their unborn children,’ testified Erica Kreller. ‘Ending the life of one of the patients entrusted to their care, especially one so vulnerable and in need of protection, should carry consequences.’ She told members of the Appropriations Committee that a heartbeat can be detected as early as five weeks into a pregnancy. And Kreller acknowledged that some women may not yet know they are pregnant. […] Rogers couldn’t get a hearing for her proposal in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services for her original heartbeat legislation. So she arranged on Thursday night to strip it on to an unrelated bill — one dealing with vehicle license plates — in the Senate Appropriations Committee.”  [Capitol Media Services, 4/27/21]

The Amendment to HB 2140 Would Ban Almost All Abortions After Six Weeks, Including In Cases Of Rape Or Incest. According to the Associated Press, “A proposal in the Arizona Senate would ban most abortions even before many women know they are pregnant by making it a felony for a physician to perform the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The amendment proposed by Republican Sen. Sine Kerr of Buckeye to an unrelated bill on license plate designs is set for a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. The amendment to House Bill 2140 would ban nearly all abortions because a heartbeat can often be detected as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. There is an exception if the mother’s life is in danger, but not in the case of rape or incest. Physicians and anyone assisting them could face between two and nearly nine years in prison. The woman could not be charged.” [Associated Press, 3/30/21]

 

Abortion, Generally

Rogers: “It is past time to end abortion in Arizona.” In a digital ad for her campaign, Wendy Rogers said, “It is past time to end abortion in Arizona. It needs to be abolished. If we don’t end abortion the blood of these precious children will be on our hands.” [Wendy Rogers, Digital Ad, 6/14/20]

Rogers Supported Overturning Roe V. Wade. At a campaign event in Pima, Wendy Rogers said, “If Trump gets his way and Judge Kavanaugh gets confirmed to the Supreme Court and tries to overturn Roe vs. Wade, are you for that? I said yes. Then she expected me to say something more to equivocate or obfuscate or something. I didn’t scathe, I just stayed silent, and then she said what did I consider life? I said life begins at conception, and then she didn’t say anything.” [Wendy Rogers, Pima Campaign Event, 8/06/18]

 

Exceptions

2022: Rogers Voted For A Bill To Ban Abortions After 15 Weeks, With No Exceptions For Rape Or Incest. Rogers voted for SB 1164, which, according to NPR, “The Arizona Legislature on Thursday joined the growing list of Republican-led states to pass aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years. The House voted on party lines to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, mirroring a Mississippi law now being considered by the nation's high court. The bill explicitly says it does not overrule a state law in place for more than 100 years that would ban abortion outright if the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that enshrined the right to abortion in law. […] Barto's bill would make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion after 15 weeks but would prohibit the prosecution of pregnant people for receiving one. Doctors could face felony charges and lose their license to practice medicine. There is an exception for cases when the mother is at risk of death or serious permanent injury, but not for instances of rape or incest.” [SB 1164, passed 2/15/22; NPR, 3/24/22]