WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Friday vetoed a bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period for abortions less than a half-hour after it hit her desk.
"Existing Arizona law already requires that a physician obtain informed consent before performing any surgical procedure," Napolitano wrote in her veto message. "Senate Bill 1077 represents undue government intrusion into the relationship between a woman and her doctor, her family, her religious counselor."
Napolitano, a Democrat who supports abortion rights, issued the veto Thursday in spite of more than 2,000 calls, e-mails and faxes to her office urging her to sign the legislation and make it law.
The state Legislature approved the measure last week. It is unlikely that there are enough votes in either the state Senate or House to override Napolitano's veto.
