I am keeping the baseball theme alive in this week’s Five Minutes for Families because the U.S. Supreme Court batted 1.000 this term and pitched a perfect game today. Of the five cases directly affecting Center for Arizona Policy pillars of Life, Family, Parental...
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Supreme Court Clears Path for States to Defund Planned Parenthood
In a significant 6-3 decision announced today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individuals cannot sue states for removing abortion providers from Medicaid programs. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic,...
Word Games and Weak Science: What the Skrmetti Decision Teaches the Country… and the Times
As Americans, we instinctively recoil at the word "ban." It strikes at our core values of liberty and freedom—and progressives understand this, implicitly. That is why they deliberately attach this loaded term to policies they want to defeat. Want to restrict...
Supreme Court Ruling Protects Children from Dangerous “Transition” Procedures
In a monumental win for children, families, and common sense nationwide, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today in United States v. Skrmetti to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender transition procedures for minors. Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) celebrates this landmark...
Faith and Fatherhood: A Father’s Day Conversation
This Father's Day, we wanted to do something authentic. Two fathers. Two sons. One powerful conversation. Join me and my father Bob Gentala, alongside Macario De La Cruz Jr. and Pastor Macario De La Cruz Sr., as we share hard-earned wisdom about faith, family, and the...
Legislative Leadership to Defend Life-Affirming Laws in Court
Extremist Abortion Lawsuit Challenges Laws Protecting Women’s Health and Safety Through Informed Consent and Prohibiting Coerced Abortion On Monday, Arizona Speaker of the House Steve Montenegro, and Senate President Warren Petersen, officially intervened in a...
Two Fronts, Two Wins for Faith-Based Protections
It’s June! Among other summer pastimes, this is the month for Supreme Court watching. The trend is clear: the more important and controversial a decision is—the more likely it is to be released in June. Court watchers have speculated on the reasons for this for...
WASHINGTON POST: Parents are discovering the secret to keeping kids off smartphones
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discusses how parents can successfully resist the digital tide by forming supportive communities of like-minded families who share the goal of keeping children's...
THE DAILY SIGNAL: Schools Closing in Arizona? Blame the Failing Schools, Not School Choice
In an article in The Daily Signal, Jason Bedrick and Matthew Ladner expose how opponents of educational freedom are scapegoating Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program for the failures of underperforming districts. The real culprit? Families fleeing...
ESA Opponents Caught in Their Own Web of Lies
It's that time of year again. Like clockwork, opponents of educational freedom have resurfaced with their latest deception campaign. This time, Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini claims educational freedom advocates are "caught in a lie." Is he right? Let's take a...