Anti-abortion group wants to help defend state in Planned Parenthood suit
An organization that counsels women not to terminate their pregnancies wants the right to help Attorney General Mark Brnovich fend off legal challenges by Planned Parenthood to Arizona's abortion laws.
Provision to suppress Planned Parenthood buried in budget
Republican legislative leaders are using a provision buried in the state budget in their latest attempt to defund Planned Parenthood.
Governor approves laws targeting Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood could soon find itself in another legal battle to keep its Medicaid funding.
Explanations vary on drop in Arizona abortions
New figures Monday show that fewer abortions were performed in Arizona than in the prior three years. But abortion rights advocates and foes of the procedure have sharply different reasons to explain the numbers. And they don't even agree which numbers are the most significant.
AG’s Office asks judge to lift injunction impeding abortion-related investigation
The Attorney General’s Office is asking a federal judge to allow it to pursue an investigation into whether anyone in Arizona is violating state laws dealing with abortions and fetal remains.
State health director urges judge to throw out challenge to new abortion law
State Health Director Cara Christ wants a federal judge to throw out a challenge to a controversial new abortion law because no doctor has yet been disciplined for breaking it.
‘Abortion reversal’ disclosure required in anti-abortion bill
State lawmakers are moving to force doctors to tell women their medical abortions can be reversed if they act quickly, a procedure that even its anti-abortion proponents admit lacks medical proof that it works.
Horne gets permission to take abortion drug case to U.S. Supreme Court
Attorney General Tom Horne is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to void a federal appellate court ruling blocking the state from limiting the use of a controversial abortion drug.
Brewer signs bill allowing surprise abortion clinic inspections
Gov. Jan Brewer put her signature today on a bill that allows for the unannounced inspections of abortion clinics, guaranteeing a lawsuit to challenge the law.
God, faith & politics: Lawmakers approve abortion clinic inspections
Citing God and their religious faith, state senators voted along partisan lines today to allow state health inspectors to walk into abortion clinics unannounced. The bill, already approved by the House, now goes to Gov. Jan Brewer.
Abortion clinic search found patient care issues
Planned Parenthood of Arizona is disputing state health investigators' allegations that several record-keeping and patient-care shortcomings were found during a February search of its Glendale abortion clinic.
High court lets Arizona Planned Parenthood funding stand
Court rulings striking down an Arizona law that prohibits public funds for Planned Parenthood will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court refused today to accept the state’s appeal.