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Laetrile bill would make drug illegal in Arizona
A veteran lawmaker says the time has finally come to tell Arizonans they can't legally use cyanide as a cancer treatment.
Food fight: FDA plan to cut trans fats from foods divides consumers
St. Johns rancher Jay Platt says he has never consumed trans fat in his life. The 64-year-old checks labels on his food, raises his own beef and grows and cans vegetables with his wife, Tricia. Together, he said, they stay away from pre-packaged foods.
Schools, same sex marriage, ‘dreamers’ win in court
Courts in 2014 struck down Arizona laws by siding with gays, abortion providers, and illegal immigrants. Public school students also got a big win in court, but that case probably won’t be resolved any time soon.
Abortion law blocked after US Supreme Court refuses to act
Arizona will not be able to enforce controversial limits on medication abortions, at least not now. The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected a bid by attorneys for the state to overturn a federal appellate court ruling which had concluded the limits illegally infringe on the constitutional right of women to terminate a pregnancy. The justices gave no reason for their decision.
Federal judge to rule on abortion rules injunction
New rules that would block many women in Arizona from having pill-induced abortions are getting a closer look by a federal judge who will decide whether to put the restrictions on hold as a legal challenge plays out in the courts.
4 executions loom, but drug shortage is a concern
The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to hear four Arizona capital cases, opening the door for a spate of executions in the coming months.
State secret
Arizona tries to conceal identity of firm that makes chemical for lethal injections
Masks are synonymous with executioners. So in keeping with that tradition, the Arizona Department of Corrections tried to follow other states and extend anonymity to the company that makes the chemical used in lethal injections.
Arizona takes step to finally outlaw laetrile
When Kavanagh was debating some of the finer points of medical marijuana law, it came to his attention that the state still allows the sale and distribution of laetrile, a drug purported to cure cancer that was banned by the Food and Drug Administration decades ago.
Outbreak fears rise as childhood immunization exemptions increase
The percentage of Arizona parents citing personal beliefs in opting out of vaccines required for children has increased steadily since 2000 yet remains relatively low overall: 3.4 percent among kindergartners during the 2011-2012 school year, for example.
Morning-after pill avoids spotlight in new contraception law
While a bill allowing religiously motivated employers to deny contraception coverage to workers spurred heated debate on its path to becoming law this session, one of its provisions was largely overlooked.
Bill would impose new abortion restrictions in Arizona
A new bill introduced in the Arizona House would generally bar abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Officials: FDA notice on antibiotics use wouldn’t affect Arizona agriculture much
Proposed federal restrictions on the use of certain antibiotics in livestock and poultry wouldn’t have much an effect on Arizona’s farms and ranches, according to experts here.
