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...
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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...
Good News! 16 CAP-Supported Bills Become Law
Today is a great day for everyone who calls Arizona home. It's been 90 days since the end of the 2011 legislative session, which means 16 Center for Arizona Policy (CAP)-supported bills take effect today. That's 101 CAP-supported bills enacted into law since 1995!...
Medication Abortion: Not a Safer Alternative
Over the past decade, abortion advocates have attempted to propagate the idea that medication abortions are safer, easier, and less troublesome than surgical abortion. They claim that the abortion pill is a safe method to end a pregnancy, and many stop just short of...
BREAKING NEWS: Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Church in Yuma!
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of religious liberty for an Arizona church today. In 2007, the city of Yuma had unlawfully denied the church a permit to use its building for worship. Attorneys for Center for Arizona Policy and the...
BREAKING NEWS: AZVoterGuide.com Now Includes City Election Update
Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) released the first edition of the 2011 City Elections Voter Guide on azvoterguide.com today. This non-partisan, free resource provides you with straightforward answers from the candidates about where they stand on critical issues for...
Why Protect Marriage: Marriage and Civil Rights
Perhaps one of the most pervasive arguments we hear today from those who want to completely redefine marriage is that to not allow someone to marry another of the same sex is to deny them their basic civil rights. They attempt to link this modern debate with the...
Why Protect Marriage?
There’s been a lot of coverage of the New York legislature’s decision to redefine marriage in their state. Whenever marriage is discussed in the media, there are a lot fundamental misunderstandings about why so many stand for the true definition of marriage. We’re...