--- description: A new piece of legislation signed by Arizona’s Governor this week will allow for surprise inspections of the state’s nine abortion clinics title: Abortion: Arizona Approves Surprise Inspections of Clinics image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a233fd70a59d3c/69868ad1e53aba5d564d2117/arizona-gov.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Health Care](/tag/health-care/) ## Health Care Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arizona Approves Surprise Inspections of Abortion Clinics by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 7:05 AM CUT  Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. On Tuesday, she signed a bill allowing snap inspections of the state's abortion clinics Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. On Tuesday, she signed a bill allowing snap inspections of the state's abortion clinicsSamantha Sais —Reuters by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2014 7:05 AM CUT Health officials will be able to inspect Arizona’s abortion clinics without warrants after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law Tuesday. The new law nullifies previous measures that required judges to approve any potential inspection of the state’s nine registered abortion clinics. “This legislation will ensure that the Arizona Department of Health Services has the authority to appropriately protect the health and safety of all patients,” said the Governor’s spokesman Andrew Wilder, according to Reuters. Pro-choice advocates said the Republican Governor’s decision as part of her sustained attack on women’s health. “\[Brewer\] has been hostile to women’s health care, including abortion and family planning, since the day she took office,” the president of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, Bryan Howard, said in a statement following the passage of the bill. Arizona joins ten other states that allow for similar snap inspections of abortion facilities. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/us-usa-abortion-arizona-idUSBREA3F01720140416 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/64485/arizona-abortion-clinics-inspection/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/64485/arizona-abortion-clinics-inspection/"},"headline":"Arizona Approves Surprise Inspections of Abortion Clinics","datePublished":"2014-04-16T07:05:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:19:40.367Z","description":"A new piece of legislation signed by Arizona’s Republican Governor will allow health officials to conduct surprise inspections of the state’s nine abortion clinics","url":"https://time.com/64485/arizona-abortion-clinics-inspection/","keywords":["Health Care","abortion","Women's Health","States","Arizona"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a233fd70a59d3c/69868ad1e53aba5d564d2117/arizona-gov.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a233fd70a59d3c/69868ad1e53aba5d564d2117/arizona-gov.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Arizona Governor Jan Brewer makes a statement saying she vetoed the controversial SB1062 bill at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix","caption":"Arizona Governor Jan Brewer makes a statement saying she vetoed the controversial SB1062 bill at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix","creditText":"Samantha Sais —Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/health-care/","name":"Health Care"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/64485/arizona-abortion-clinics-inspection/","name":"Arizona Approves Surprise Inspections of Abortion Clinics"}}]}] ```