The polls closed last night at 7 p.m. for many city elections across Arizona. This doesn't mean that the city election season is over though. In most cases for these elections, a candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote in order to be declared the winner. If...
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Fewer Arizona Doctors Willing to Perfom Abortions
As pro-life advances continue in state legislatures and courts, a life movement of a different kind is having an impact on the abortion industry. New research shows that an increasing number of obstetricians and gynecologists are unwilling to perform abortions. In the...
Maricopa County Community College Considers Misguided Policy
Maricopa County Community College's Governing Board is considering adding "gender identity" to the district's non-discrimination policies. Center for Arizona Policy submitted this letter explaining why these changes should not be approved. August 23, 2011 Randolph...
ACLU at it Again; Files Lawsuit Challenging Center for Arizona Policy-Supported Bill
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit challenging HB 2384, which was signed by Governor Brewer earlier this year. Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) drafted and supported this legislation that ensures that donations to organizations that provide,...
Victory for Arizona’s Women: Planned Parenthood Ends Abortion Services at Seven Arizona Locations
Planned Parenthood has chosen to end their services rather than raise the standard of care they provide women to be at the same level as all other medical care in the state. For years, life advocates at the legislature have been saying that Arizona women deserve...
Victory for Life Advocates: Arizona Court of Appeals Upholds Abortion Consent Act
The Arizona Court of Appeals today upheld the Abortion Consent Act. This law, signed by Governor Jan Brewer in 2009, was enjoined by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daughton following a Planned Parenthood lawsuit. Today's 3-0 opinion vacates the injunction in its...
Everyone Wins with Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
One of the most ground-breaking bills passed by the legislature this session was SB 1553. This bill, which was signed by Governor Brewer, creates Empowerment Scholarship Accounts that allow parents of children with special needs to redirect 90% of the tax dollars that...
Defending Life in Court
Center for Arizona Policy is involved in ongoing litigation regarding two key bills to protect women’s health and safety and the preborn. To help you understand the background of these critical cases and what they will mean for our state, we’ve composed these two...
14 Lives Matter
Holly Patterson had just celebrated her 18th birthday. The bright, energetic young woman who had just completed high school one year ahead of schedule had so much to live for. After finding out she was pregnant, Holly and her boyfriend went to a local Planned...
Why Protect Marriage: Reaction to New York
This post is a part of our ongoing series discussing the importance of protecting marriage as the union between a man and a woman. Over the weekend, New York's same-sex "marriage" law went into effect. The National Review Online spoke with some of the nation's leading...