The Senate took the first legislative step toward better protecting some of the state’s vulnerable adults today.

Arizona is contesting a long-term care facility's decision to shut down the unit where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth.

According to the report, people with cognitive disabilities are seven times more likely to be sexually assaulted than the general public, and 12 times more likely if the victim is also a woman.

In the wake of horror at Hacienda HealthCare, there is no shortage of ideas for how to prevent abuse in the disability community. But what action can and will actually be taken at the state Legislature this year is not yet clear.

Advocates for the disability community will meet at the state Capitol Wednesday in search of solutions after a recent rape at a care home caught international attention and outrage.

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