The Arizona Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments tomorrow in Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Horne. The case challenges key portions of the 2009 Abortion Consent Act Governor Jan Brewer signed which protects the health and safety of women and their preborn...
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Just a few votes
My first voting experience was in the 2008 Presidential primaries. I woke up early and raced to the closest voting station, determined to beat the crowd. But when I arrived, no one was there but several sweet ladies waiting to give me instructions and a bright, red “I...
Be Encouraged
If you've watched any prime time TV lately, I'm sure you've seen one of the many commercials or news stories promoting homosexuality in one way or another. Sometimes it's a subtle message, and they always try to make it seem as if they are doing a good or noble thing....
Eggsploiting Women on Campus
I was on my campus in Texas the first time I saw an advertisement for egg donation. A flyer featured a smiling woman next to the prominent headline, “Looking for Very Special Women.” They offered $10,000 for eggs and the assurance that my “special contribution” would...
What I Hope You Wouldn’t Do
I strongly dislike the ABC television program “What Would You Do?” for a variety of reasons, but last Friday’s episode crossed the line from annoying to utterly irresponsible. In case you’re unfamiliar – which I sincerely hope is the case – the show sets people up on...
What kinds of books are available at your elementary school?
Did you happen to catch this story on CBS 5 Phoenix? A local 8-year-old girl got a “disturbing” shock after checking out a book from her elementary school library on the recommendation of a few classmates. “A fourth grader at Quail Run Elementary School checked out a...
New Data on the Dangers of the Abortion Pill
Because of the simple fact that RU-486 (a medication that causes an abortion) is a pill, Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry try to market it as a safer alternative to surgical abortion. Throughout the legislative session, CAP presented legislators with...
Sharing Christ with 2 Billion People
I was faced with two options last Thursday night: Watch hours of Royal Wedding coverage. Watch hours of NFL 1st round draft analysis. I ended up going with a third, less glamorous option though: Go to bed early. While the extra sleep is always nice, I found out later...
Suffer the Little Children
At Center for Arizona Policy, each legislative proposal that we support addresses a specific problem facing families, and each solution we work on with the Legislature is backed by credible social science data and public policy principles. That is particularly true in...
The Road Ahead
Last week a friend of mine asked me go with her to an open forum and movie screening put on by a Planned Parenthood student group at ASU called Vox. My friend is a member of Student’s For Life and had been asked to sit on a panel and serve as a pro-life voice in the...