STATE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFILE
Arizona
NATIONAL BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Despite the demonstrable importance and ubiquity of contraception, the truth is that ensuring that every pregnancy is wanted and planned is difficult, at both the individual and the societal levels. For the typical American woman to have two children, she will spend about five years pregnant, postpartum or attempting to become pregnant, and three decades�more than three-quarters of her reproductive life�trying to avoid pregnancy. Not all women, however, are successful: About half of all pregnancies in the United States each year�more than three million of them�are unintended. By age 45, more than half of all American women will have experienced an unintended pregnancy, and about one-third will have had an abortion. Nonetheless, contraceptive use can and does dramatically reduce women�s odds of having an unintended pregnancy.
DEMOGRAPHICS
- In 2008, there were 1,372,500 women of reproductive age (aged 13-44) in Arizona, 776,400 of whom were in need of contraceptive services and supplies. Of these:
- AGE: 100,000 were under the age of 20 and 676,400 were aged 20-44.
- INCOME: Among women aged 20-44, 113,000 were below 100% of the federal poverty level.
- RACE/ETHNICITY: 415,900 were non-Hispanic white; 32,000 were non-Hispanic black; and 255,200 were Hispanic.
- In 2008, there were 399,700 women in Arizona in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies. Of these, 100,000 were in need of publicly supported services because they were sexually active teenagers, and 299,700 because they had incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level.
- In 2010-2011, 23% of women aged 15-44 in Arizona were uninsured, while 18% were enrolled in Medicaid.
For more information, see Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006
PREGNANCIES, BIRTHS AND ABORTIONS
- In 2008, there were 140,800 pregnancies to the 1,290,026 women of reproductive age (15-44) in Arizona; 71% of these pregnancies resulted in live births and 14% in induced abortions.
- In 2006, 51% of pregnancies in Arizona were unintended. There were 74,000 unintended pregnancies to women in Arizona, producing a rate of 59 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.
- Of all unintended pregnancies in Arizona in 2006, 59% resulted in live births and 27% resulted in induced abortions.
- In 2006, 67% of births in Arizona resulting from unintended pregnancies were publicly funded, compared with 52% of all births and 42% of births resulting from intended pregnancies.
- Of the 53,300 publicly funded births in Arizona in 2006, 29,200 resulted from unintended pregnancies.
- Births resulting from unintended pregnancies in Arizona accounted for $289 million in public costs in 2006, including $193 million in federal costs and $95 million in state costs.
- In 2008, 19,500 women obtained abortions in Arizona, producing a rate of 15.2 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some Arizona residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate declined 5% since 2005, when it was 16.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. Arizona represents 1.6% of all abortions in the United States.
- In 2005, 17,990 Arizona residents obtained abortions, producing a rate of 14.2 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.
- In 2008, there were 18,150 pregnancies to Arizona teens aged 15-19; 66% of these pregnancies resulted in live births and 18% in induced abortions.
- In 2008, 3,350 teens obtained abortions in Arizona, producing a rate of 15 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-19.
- In 2008, there were 19 abortion providers in Arizona. This represents a 0% increase from 2005, when there were 19 abortion providers.
- In 2008, 73% of Arizona counties had no abortion provider; 17% of Arizona women lived in these counties.
For more information, see State Facts About Abortion
PUBLICLY FUNDED CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
- In 2006 in Arizona, 192 publicly funded family planning centers provided contraceptive care to 128,800 women�including 29,900 teenagers.
- Family planning clinics in Arizona served 22% of all women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies in 2008.
- In Arizona, $270 in public funds was spent on contraceptive services and supplies per woman in need in 2008.
- In Arizona, 46 family planning centers that received some support through the federal Title-X family planning program provided contraceptive care to 57,500 women�including 12,700 teenagers in 2006.
- Title-X-supported centers in Arizona served 10% of all women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies in 2008.
For more information, see Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006
IMPACT OF PUBLICLY FUNDED CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
- Publicly funded family planning services help women to avoid pregnancies they do not want and to plan pregnancies they do. In 2008, these services helped women in Arizona avoid 18,600 unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 8,300 unintended births and 7,800 abortions.
- Contraceptive services provided at Title X-supported centers in Arizona helped prevent 8,300 unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 3,700 unintended births and 3,500 abortions.
- The services provided at publicly funded family planning centers in Arizona saved the federal and state governments $57,797,000 in 2008.
For more information, see Next Steps for America's Family Planning Program
STATE POLICIES
Policy Summary Table, as of April 1st, 2013
| ABORTION | |
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| Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe v. Wade | |
| Pre-Roe abortion ban still in place |
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| Abortion Counseling and Waiting Periods | |
| Mandated counseling includes information designed to discourage abortion |
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| State imposes waiting period between counseling and abortion | 24 hours |
| Woman must make two trips: one for abortion counseling and another for the procedure |
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| Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions | |
| Parent must consent to an abortion | One parent |
| Restrictions on Private Insurance Coverage of Abortion | |
| Insurance for state employees restricted | Coverage in limited circumstances |
| Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women | |
| State pays for all or most medically necessary abortions |
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| Refusal Clauses for Abortion Services | |
| Medical professionals may refuse |
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| Medical institutions may refuse | All institutions |
| ADOLESCENTS | |
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| Minors' Consent to Contraceptive Services | |
| All minors explicitly permitted to consent |
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| Minors' Consent to STI Services | |
| All or some minors explicitly permitted to consent | All minors |
| Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions | |
| Parent must consent to an abortion | One parent |
| Sex Education | |
| Sex education must either stress or cover abstinence | Stress |
| STI/HIV education must either stress or cover abstinence | Stress |
| CONTRACEPTION SERVICES AND FINANCING | |
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| Emergency Contraception in Emergency Rooms | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Private Insurance Coverage of Contraceptive Services | |
| Insurance coverage mandated |
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| Employers may refuse to provide coverage | Religious employers |
| Medicaid Family Planning Expansions | |
| Eligibility for women leaving coverage postpartum |
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| Contraceptive Access in Pharmacies | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Refusal Clauses for Contraceptive Services | |
| Health care providers may refuse |
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| Pharmacists or pharmacies may refuse | Pharmacists |
| Medical institutions may refuse |
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| Minors' Consent to Contraceptive Services | |
| All minors explicitly permitted to consent |
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For more information, see State Policies in Brief