The debate around access to abortion continues to prove contentious in Arizona, just days from the US election where every vote in the swing state could have major consequences on who becomes the country's next president.
As well as selecting their elected representatives, voters in the southwestern state will also be voting in a referendum that would guarantee the right to abortion under the state constitution.
Abortion is legal in the state up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. Proposition 139 - if voted through - would make abortion a fundamental right in Arizona, before the point of foetal viability. It would also allow for abortions after that point if a health professional deemed it would protect a mother's life, physical, or mental health.
Q+A filmed pro-choice volunteers as they knocked on doors in Scottsdale Arizona.
Canvasser Sarah Smedley explained they were targeting "friendlies" - mostly women who are registered to vote as a Democrat but haven't turned in their ballot yet.
Smedley said she kept her conversations focused on abortion access, rather than the presidential race.
"Abortion access is not about politics. It's about healthcare."
She said the overturning of Roe v Wade meant her 16-year-old daughter "has fewer rights than I had when I was her age". The case returned the decision around abortion to individual states.
"I'm fighting for all women, all girls, everyone, to have the rights they deserve."
'Vague language'
But others in Arizona think the proposed constitutional change would go too far.
Arizona Right to Life spokesperson Sarah Haugland said Proposition 139 "was clearly written with the purpose and the intent of having vague language".
"[It has] no defined definitions and very broad exemptions, very, very broad exemptions."
Asked if Proposition 139 supporters were using the abortion debate to try and turn out people who might be more likely to vote for Democrats, Haugland said: "I think that's the narrative of the Democratic Party, because it's the only thing that they have to run on."
If the polls are to be believed, however, there is a distinction between support for expanding abortion access in Arizona and support for the presidency.
Right now, polls suggest Proposition 139 is likely to pass comfortably. Those same polls record Donald Trump is leading the race for the presidency.
Q+A with Jack Tame is made with the support of New Zealand On Air
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