• Prop 139, the Arizona Abortion Access Act, enshrining the fundamental right to abortion in Arizona’s constitution, saving women’s lives for generations to come and keeping personal medical decisions in the hands of people, not politicians.

• Prop 209, the Predatory Debt Collection Protection Act, passed in 2022 to cap medical debt interest rates to no more than 3% and protect Arizonans from losing cars, homes, wages, and savings to unfair medical debt.

• Prop 206, the Minimum Wage and Paid Time Off Act, passed in 2016 to raise the minimum wage from $8.05 to $12.00 and establish a right to paid sick time off from employment.

Prop 139

Women living in abortion-restrictive states are 62.2% more likely to have had no or late prenatal care compared to women living in states where abortion is not restricted, and women who are forced to prolong their high-risk pregnancies due to abortion bans are at elevated risk of needing emergency maternity care. Without proper maternity care, many of these women will suffer severe complications, and in some cases, they will die.

Healthcare Rising’s latest ballot initiative, Prop 139 (the Arizona Abortion Access Act), passed with 63% of the vote to restore essential reproductive healthcare rights in our state and save women’s lives for generations to come. This initiative lifts the old Arizona bans which prevented Arizonan women from getting the reproductive care that is right for them. Now, Prop 139 will ensure that the Arizona constitution guarantees women, not politicians or the government, the right to decide what happens to their bodies, opening up access for essential reproductive healthcare.

Prop 209

More than two-thirds of all bankruptcies are tied to debt from healthcare costs, and 30% of Arizonans have debt in collections — higher than the national average. Prior to Prop 209, medical debt collectors could jack up interest rates to 10% a year, every year, keeping families trapped in an unending debt that increases even as they continue making payments. Debt collectors could take away a family’s home or car and garnish wages, making it harder for Arizona families to get out of debt, and even just to get by.  That’s why we worked to pass Proposition 209, our ballot measure to protect consumers from predatory debt collection. Now, millions of Arizonans have more of their assets protected from debt collectors, and the interest rate on medical debt was capped to no more than 3%.

Prop 206

No one who works 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty and decide between buying groceries, medicine or paying the bills. Proposition 206 raised the wages of over 1.6 million Arizonans, ensuring that more families can meet their basic needs and lead healthier lives. Without Prop 206, Arizona’s minimum wage was expected to increase to $8.15 in 2017. Now, thanks to Prop 206, the minimum wage steadily increased to $12.00 in 2020, and starting in 2021, increased with the cost of living. Today, the minimum wage is $14.35, offering hardworking families the opportunity to put food on the table, care for their children, and build a better future for our state.

How We Do It

Due to the work of our members, we collect record-breaking numbers of signatures to get initiatives on the ballot, and then put our boots on the ground to win on Election Day. We knock on doors, talk to voters, and tell everyone we know to vote YES on our initiatives.

That is our approach: Empowering ordinary people to talk to their family, friends, and neighbors about what it will take to improve the health and wellbeing of Arizonans. We put power in the hands of workers, patients, students, retirees, and veterans with the skills and resources it takes to win transformative change.