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Dec 13, 2022

Arizona taking steps to combat maternal mortality, one doula at a time

Doulas in Arizona and around the country don’t deliver babies, but these nonmedical labor assistants can make a difference in maternal health outcomes. Of 30 states where the maternal mortality rate is known, Arizona ranked ninth for these deaths from 2018 to 2020, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Feb 18, 2022

GOP lawmakers flex political muscle on LGBTQ bills

House Speaker Rusty Bowers still wants a hearing for a bill he is co-sponsoring to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people, even if he has to handpick the committee to get... […]

Feb 28, 2019

Senate passes bill to protect vulnerable adults

The Senate unanimously approved a bill designed to move forward from a horrific event to now better protect some of the state’s most vulnerable adults.

Jan 16, 2019

Third party to run center where comatose woman had baby

An Arizona care facility where a woman in a vegetative state was raped and then gave birth must relinquish control to an outside party.

Dec 3, 2010

Ugenti says election, giving birth capped a ‘good month’

Rep.-elect Michelle Ugenti gave birth to her third child Nov. 30. The Fountain Hills Republican’s baby, Noelle Kristiania Ugenti, weighed in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20½ inches long.

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