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Arizona lawmakers target Planned Parenthood funding
Abortion providers in Arizona would be barred from receiving federal government funding through the state for family planning services under a bill that received preliminary approval from the state House on Friday.
Sweeping abortion bill advancing in Senate
Pro-life lawmakers were able to get a sweeping abortion measure through a Senate committee Monday, despite the measure being held in the House nearly two weeks ago.
Pro-life advocates revive stalled anti-abortion bill
Unable to shepherd an abortion bill out of a House committee, pro-life advocates are resorting to a common legislative maneuver to revive the proposal.
Sweeping anti-abortion bills facing hurdles
The pro-life community suffered a setback Wednesday as proposals that would add a host of requirements before an abortion could be performed failed to get committee approval.
A bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks and another that would define human life as beginning at conception stalled in the Republican-led Legislature.
Bill would prevent ‘wrongful birth’ lawsuits
An Arizona legislator wants to shield doctors from so-called "wrongful birth" lawsuits, which can arise if physicians don't inform pregnant women of prenatal problems that could lead to the decision to have an abortion.
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.
Judge dismisses challenge to Arizona abortion law
A Planned Parenthood Arizona lawsuit challenging a 2009 state law restricting abortion services has been dismissed.
Fewer abortions in Arizona as new laws take hold
The number of abortions performed in Arizona dropped by about a third in September after implementation of new state restrictions and requirements.
At Flagstaff clinic, women seeking abortions told to go to Phoenix
Beth Otterstein, a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood Arizona’s clinic here, says patients sometimes break down and cry when they hear the news: If they want abortions, they now have to travel to Phoenix for a 15-minute consultation with a doctor and then stay overnight to have the procedure. It’s an expense that some can’t afford, and no other facility in the area provides abortions.
New abortion restrictions taking effect
New abortion restrictions are taking effect in Arizona in the wake of legal challenges that so far have failed to block provisions of state laws enacted this year and in 2009.
Planned Parenthood reeling as flood of new abortion restrictions set to become law
It has not been a good month for Planned Parenthood.
On Aug. 12, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled as constitutional a 2009 law that imposed a number of restrictions on abortion procedures, lifting a two-year-old injunction and opening the law for enforcement.
Planned Parenthood to end abortions in 7 rural clinics
An appellate court ruling last week upholding a pair of 2009 abortion laws has led Planned Parenthood of Arizona to withdraw an attempt to have the courts block two laws created this year and end abortion services at seven clinics in rural Arizona.
