Little consensus on abortion among voters in Arizona

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In Tucson, Arizona, volunteers canvass to try to persuade voters to back a ballot measure to inscribe abortion rights in the state constitution. But abortion sentiment in this state shows there is little consensus among voters.

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00:00You need any voting information?

00:03No, I'm educated.

00:05Oh, wonderful.

00:06I am educated.

00:07Do you want to take a photograph?

00:09Yeah.

00:10They're saying if you don't get it by Friday,

00:12that's all.

00:13They're saying by Friday.

00:14My voting doc, right there, is 19-

00:18Sounds like a-

00:19Yeah.

00:20Four pages on my ballot?

00:21Front and back.

00:22There are two front and back.

00:23I've got two.

00:25And incite anger.

00:27It's very important.

00:30Do you need any information on the propositions or on 139?

00:36Because we don't do any voiceovers.

00:38So, basically, people need to kind of understand what you're talking about.

00:42Good, good.

00:45You're welcome.

00:46Thank you for voting.

00:47Yeah.

00:48Federally, that right is not protected, right?

00:51And so, to keep this from continuing to take resources,

00:55take time to try to protect women and protect families,

00:58we need to enshrine this in the Constitution here.

01:01Otherwise, it will be every two years we're voting to keep basic health care

01:05for women and for families.

01:07Women that are dying from these abortion bans for not getting care for

01:12miscarriage, that's factual, so you can't separate them.

01:15It's no longer about trying to convince people,

01:18oh, morally this is how you should feel about it.

01:20Factually, these bans are killing women.

01:23The initiative is something that gives back to women

01:28their rights to their own bodies.

01:41I'll be voting against the abortion thing just because I'm pro-life.

01:47I believe in the sanctity of life.

01:49I believe in exceptions, much like President Trump,

01:52but I do think that we need to protect life whenever we can.

02:08Proposition 139, the Arizonans for Abortion Access.

02:14I think that the polls show that it's much more complicated,

02:17that it's a more divisive issue within each party.

02:22And so it will be, for Arizonans, part of their political calculation,

02:27but it is not going to be the thing that decides whether Democrats

02:30or Republicans win the state of Arizona.

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