5 Minutes for Families

A Shield for the Innocent: HHS Takes Historic Action to Protect America's Children On Thursday, December 18, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took historic action to protect America's children from experimental and irreversible medical procedures. HHS...

Peer-reviewed HHS report reveals the real dangers of gender ideology Chloe Cole was thirteen years old when doctors put her on puberty blockers and testosterone. By fifteen, surgeons had removed her breasts. She sat before Congress recently, a young woman bearing the...

This week, Congress enacted and President Trump signed a law requiring the federal government to release files related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein. The political rhetoric surrounding Epstein has been intense for several years—and rightfully so. It...

Last week, lawyers for Arizona's legislative leaders stood in a Maricopa County courtroom defending laws that protect women from coercion and babies from eugenic abortions. Dr. Paul Isaacson, a Phoenix obstetrician-gynecologist and Proposition 139 supporter, filed the...

Maricopa County voters narrowly approved Proposition 409 on Tuesday, authorizing Valleywise Health to issue $898 million in bonds for facility expansion. The final tally revealed just how divided the county remains: 51.4% voted yes, 48.6% voted no; a margin of just...

I idolized Pete Rose growing up. Charlie Hustle. The Hit King. The way he dove headfirst into bases, the way he played every game like it mattered. His drive to win. That was baseball at its best. In 1989, the MLB banned Rose for life for betting on games while...

Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship accounts (ESAs) just shattered expectations: 92,362 students now enrolled and climbing toward 103,000 by fiscal year end. That is nearly 100,000 families voting for educational freedom, and opponents are panicking. Matthew Holloway...

Update (10/28/25): We have been in contact with representatives of Valleywise Health, who have assured us that Valleywise does not perform transgender surgeries and is compliant with President Trump's January 28 Executive Order, “Protecting Children from Surgical and...

Colorado has criminalized compassion. The state now dictates what counselors say to struggling teens. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Chiles v. Salazar, a case that will determine whether families can choose counseling that aligns with biological reality, or...

The Arizona Supreme Court handed opponents of Prop 211, the Donor Doxing Law, a significant procedural victory this past Monday, allowing a constitutional challenge to the dangerous donor disclosure law to move forward. Though not part of Center for Arizona Policy's...