Abortion

Arizona's 20-Week Abortion Ban Is Unconstitutional, Says Federal Appeals Court

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Arizona's law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy is unconstitutional, citing just about every Supreme Court case on the subject since Roe v. Wade."The 20-week law is [an] unconstitutional under an unbroken stream of Supreme Court authority, begin ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Over-Dramatic in Response to Abortion Ruling; Wants Supreme Court Review

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has given his response to a federal appeals court ruling Arizona's 20-week abortion ban, and it's about as dramatic as the programming for the Lifetime TV network."The ruling is disappointing in that it permits the Kermit Gosnells of the country to continue t ... More >>

Would You Be Embarrassed to Have Trent Franks as Your Congressman?

Is Republican Congresxsman Trent Franks addressing the issues most important to this country?Of the eight bills he's proposed this session, three are abortion-related, one prevents the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino, one would "celebrat[e] the life of President Ronald Wilson Reagan on ... More >>

Trent Franks Now Wants to Tell Every Woman in America When It's Okay to Have an Abortion

Anti-abortion fanatic/Republican Congressman Trent Franks has yet another abortion proposal, but this one's quite a bit more restrictive than his many other proposals.Franks, who is trying again to ban abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy in Washington, D.C., now wants that proposed 20-week ban to e ... More >>

Trent Franks Does It Again: Abortion-Obsessed Congressman Submits Another Abortion Bill

There seems to be no end to Republican Congressman Trent Franks' fanaticism about abortion.Again, Franks is proposing a bill that limits when women in Washington D.C. can get an abortion, a bill that he's proposed before, and a bill that's failed before -- just like every single other abortion bill ... More >>

FBI Agent Said Jared Loughner Made Graffiti Used by "Christian Anti-Abortion Groups"

The thousands of pages of documents recently released in the case of Jared Loughner's murderous rampage, which left six people dead and injured 13, make one thing certain -- Loughner exhibited some very strange behavior.In another example of this, a Pima County Sheriff's Department detective wrote i ... More >>

Trent Franks Makes List of the 10 Weirdest Members of Congress

Trent Franks' Opinion on Obama's Gun-Control Proposals: Abortion Is Bad

Attention Republican Congressman Trent Franks: we get it -- you don't like abortion.As we've been chronicling here for a few years now, Franks' fanaticism about abortion almost rivals that of the people who stand outside Planned Parenthood locations with posters full of fetus photos, shouting "murde ... More >>

Erik Twist, Charter School Headmaster, Blasts Prop 204 in E-mail to Parents, Opposition to Education Funding Initiative Partly Rooted in Theory It Might Fund Abortions

Erik Twist, the headmaster of a Phoenix charter school, blasted an e-mail to school parents outlining the reasons to vote against Proposition 204, an initiative estimated to generate about $1 billion a year mostly for education funding -- including for charter schools. It's causing a stir among som ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy's Theory on Prop. 204: It Creates a $100 Million Abortion Fund

Proposition 204, also known as the "Quality Education and Jobs Act," is a sales-tax measure that would keep the tax at the same level as the temporary increase voters approved in 2010.A common criticism is that the ballot language doesn't describe exactly where the expected $1 billion in revenue goe ... More >>

Yes on 204 Campaign: Proposition Doesn't Create Gigantic (or Any) Abortion "Slush Fund"

Despite what the Center for Arizona Policy is telling its supporters about Proposition 204, the Yes on 204 campaign says it won't create $100 million "slush fund" to pay for abortions -- or any sort of fund for abortions.In fact, Yes on 204 campaign officials say the estimated $100 million that woul ... More >>

Roman Catholic Priest Says Catholics Should Not Be Single-Issue Voters, Cites Church Teachings, Memos

"Peace be with you," is a phrase often heard in Catholic churches. But it's election season, and not all Catholics are feeling at peace. See also: Catholic Conundrum: What's an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do? See also: The Mormon Delemma: What About Mormon Latinos?

Trent Franks' Abortion Obsession Goes International as He Begs Ireland to Keep Ban

Republican Congressman Trent Franks' obsession with abortion has now gone international.Franks, whose numerous anti-abortion proposals have been signed into law exactly zero times, is now concerned about the state of abortion in Ireland. Ireland.See also:-Trent Franks Successfully Wastes Everyone's ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy Claims Large Increase in Reported Abortions Is a Small Decrease

Despite the Arizona Department of Health Services reporting that the number of abortions increased about 26 percent from 2010 to 2011, the lobbying organization Center for Arizona Policy says the same numbers from DHS actually show a decrease in the number of abortions.CAP president Cathi Herrod say ... More >>

Anti-Abortion Laws Keep Getting Passed, but State Health Department Notes Large Increase in Reported Abortions

Just about every legislative session, the pro-choice crowd causes a stink with all the anti-abortion bills promoted by the Center for Arizona Policy, and the lobbying organization takes credit for nine such bills being passed into law since 2010.According to numbers released today by the Arizona Dep ... More >>

Election 2012: Catholic and Mormon Voters Face a Difficult Choice Between Obama and Romney

Religion has played an increasingly dominant -- and sometimes volatile -- role in politics in recent years. But what happens when religious beliefs conflict with a political party's platform? Or when voters have to square conflicting beliefs within their own church? In this week's feature story, M ... More >>

Catholic Conundrum: What's an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do?

Rick Santorum's in Town for a Black-Tie Anti-Abortion Gala (of Course)

There's really only one type of event in which former Senator/failed GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum would be the keynote speaker -- an anti-abortion gala.Santorum's slated to be at the Phoenix Convention Center tonight for the annual Arizona Right to Life benefit gala, cocktail attire requ ... More >>

Arizona Did Not Declare That Pregnancy Begins Before Conception

See also: Legislators Send 20-Week Abortion Ban Bill to GovernorSee also: Appeals Court Delays 20-Week Abortion Ban at Least Two More MonthsFor some reason, the rumor is being passed around again that Governor Jan Brewer signed legislation declaring a woman's pregnancy officially begins two weeks be ... More >>

Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate Hopeful, Chastises Congressman Todd Akin Over "Legitimate Rape" Comments, Yet He Co-Sponsored Legislation with Phrase "Forcible Rape"

Congressman Jeff Flake posted on his Facebook page on Thursday that during his campaign trail travels all over the state -- to places such as Superior, Miami, Globe, Payson, Show Low, Prescott, Flagstaff, Williams, Lake Havasu, Sierra Vista, Tucson, Kingman -- he had a revelation. "What I've found i ... More >>

Appeals Court Delays 20-Week Abortion Ban at Least Two More Months

See also: ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says "No Court Has Ever Upheld" Such a Law See also: Federal Judge Upholds 20-Week Abortion Ban; Actually Cites Suspect Fetal-Pain Evidence The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delayed the implementation of Arizona's law banning abortions after ... More >>

Center for Arizona Policy Reminds Everyone Its Pathetic Laws Go Into Effect Today

Thanks to Center for Arizona Policy legislative council Josh Kredit, we were reminded today of all the mostly useless laws "supported" by CAP that are going into effect today.Kredit posted the list of CAP's bills that were passed by the Legislature and are going into effect today, which are a great ... More >>

Federal Judge Upholds 20-Week Abortion Ban; Actually Cites Suspect Fetal-Pain Evidence

See also: ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says "No Court Has Ever Upheld" Such a Law A federal judge ruled that the Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy will be allowed to go into effect as scheduled on Thursday. The ACLU of Arizona and the Center for Reproductive Ri ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Wants Lawyer for Unborn in Suit Challenging AZ's 20-Week Abortion Ban; Judge Denies His Request

See also: ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says "No Court Has Ever Upheld" Such a Law Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, wants a lawyer for the unborn in a lawsuit targeting a state law that bans most late-term abortions. The Republican politician filed a motion in federal court ... More >>

Abortion Based on Sex-Selection OK'd by Clinic Despite Arizona Law in Pro-Life Undercover Video

An undercover video by pro-life activists released today shows clinic workers in Phoenix and Tucson agreeing to violate a year-old state law that prohibits gender-based abortions. In the video (below), an activist explains to "Barb" at the Camelback Family Planning clinic in Phoenix that she wants ... More >>

Paul Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art Form

Jan Brewer Gives the Axe to Planned Parenthood Funding

Abortion still seems to be a top priority for Governor Jan Brewer and the Legislature, as the governor announced the signing of yet another bill that's not making Planned Parenthood happy at all.The governor signed House Bill 2800 into law late last week, which described in the broadest sense by the ... More >>

AZ Unite Women to Hold Rally Against War on Women at State Capitol Saturday

A woman is lurking under the crusty exterior of Governor Jan Brewer, but you wouldn't know it looking at the laws she inks. On April 12, Brewer signed HB2036, also known as the "Mother's Health and Safety Act." The law prohibits abortion after 20 weeks "except in cases when the life or health of th ... More >>

Paul Babeu Falsely Claims He's Always Been Pro-Life in Latest Campaign Video, Old News Articles Detail Flip-Flop on Issue

Political spin is one thing. Politicians do it all the time -- the classic distorting the truth beyond recognition so long as there is some nugget of truth that remains. Paul Babeu, who is running for a seat in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District, isn't wasting time on that anymore. In his la ... More >>

Arizona Legislators Send Another Top-Priority Bill to Governor: 20-Week Abortion Ban

When can fetuses start to feel pain? Nobody knows for sure, but the chief scientists at the Arizona Legislature would like to declare that it's 20 weeks.According to some actual scientists, the concept of fetal pain can occur at 24 weeks, 26 weeks, between 29 or 30 weeks, or more than 30 weeks, amon ... More >>

Nebraska Woman Lets Jan Brewer Know Proposed Abortion Bill Actually Affects People

Sometimes it's hard for people to realize the potential effects of all the anti-abortion bills that are always being tossed around at the Capitol until after they're passed into law.That's why a Nebraska woman has written a letter to Governor Jan Brewer, imploring her to veto House Bill 2036 if it l ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Embattled Congressional Candidate, Performs Mitt Romney-esque Flip-Flop-Flip in First Campaign Video

In Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's first Congressional campaign video -- a 30-second spot posted on YouTube -- he tells viewers that he is "still the conservative fighter who stood up to Obama over border security. And I'm still the pro-life candidate who will fight for new jobs and against incre ... More >>

State Representative Terri Proud Points to Democrat "Gotcha" Games for Saying Women Should Watch Abortions Before Having One

​Over the last few weeks, a few websites have been posting an email response -- purportedly from Republican state Representative Terri Proud -- responding to concerns over Arizona's "fetal pain" bill.Proud's response to these people is that Arizona's abortion laws don't go far enough."Personally I ... More >>

Talking "Rock and Roe" and Birth Control with Russian Arms and Optics

Behold, sluts! You can now combine your love of live music with your desire to get the government to cover your floozy behavior.  Just kidding. Sort of. On March 15, those of you who aren't at Radiohead can visit Crescent Ballroom with Crash Coordinates, French Girls, Chicano Power Revival, Barefo ... More >>

Trent Franks on Blast by Pro-Choice Activists Over His Anti-Abortion Bill

Carrying signs depicting U.S. Representative Trent Franks of Arizona's Second Congressional District as a hot dog with the slogan, "Congressman Franks, Don't Be a Wiener," around 25 protesters rallied on the sidewalk before Franks' Glendale office this morning to oppose an anti-abortion measure prop ... More >>

State Rep. Kimberly Yee Sneaks Her Dead Abortion Bill Into Senate

​Here's a feature of the Arizona Legislature that Republican state Rep. Kimberly Yee is happy about -- how her bill regulating contracts between the state and private attorneys, passed by the House a month a go, went to the Senate and magically turned into her abortion bill that was previously kil ... More >>

Trent Franks Accused of Using His D.C. Abortion Bill As Part of Abortion-Banning Agenda. He Says It's True

​Arizona Congressman Trent Franks recently addressed accusations that his attempt to ban the imaginary problem of race/gender-based abortions in the United States was just part of some agenda to end all abortions in the country.Well... yeah.Franks was on the Concerned Women for America radio show ... More >>

Can't Get Enough of People Complaining About Abortion? Good, Because The Susan B. Anthony List Is Coming

​If you've heard enough about abortion in Arizona recently, that's apparently too damn bad.Between Arizona Congressman Trent Franks' and the state Legislature's fascination with abortion-related legislation, there's plenty of abortion bullying to spread around.Still, the anti-abortion Susan B. Ant ... More >>

Representative Kimberly Yee Wants to Tell You When You Can Have An Abortion

​Republican Arizona Representative Kimberly Yee has taken a page out of fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks' book, and is taking it upon herself to attempt to dictate when women in Arizona can have an abortion.Yee introduced a bill into the Arizona Legislature yesterday that would ban aborti ... More >>

GOP Abortion Bullies: "Abortion Is the Leading Cause of Death In the Black Community"

​According to Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, "abortion is the leading cause of death in the black community" -- a claim he makes in a memo to House Republicans urging them to vote for a bill introduced by fagala-phobic Congressman Trent Franks that would make it illegal for a woman to end a pregna ... More >>

Congressman Trent Franks' D.C. Abortion Bill: Job Or Activism?

​Arizona Congressman Trent Franks yesterday introduced a bill into Congress that would dictate when women in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.The rest of the country's allowed to make its own rules, but thanks to the U.S. Constitution, Franks and his Congressional cronies have a say ... More >>

Abortion Bully Trent Franks Wants to Tell People in Washington D.C. When They're Allowed to End a Pregnancy

​Fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks today introduced a bill into Congress that, if it becomes law, would dictate when people in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.Franks, just to be clear, is a congressman from Arizona -- but that's not stopping him from playing morality cop in ... More >>

Are Race/Gender-Based Abortions a Problem Worth Congress' Time?

​Arizona Congressman Trent Franks yesterday reintroduced a bill into Congress that would make it a crime to have an abortion based on the gender or race of the fetus.While abortions based on race or gender have been a problem in countries like India and China, there's no evidence to suggest that i ... More >>

Congressman Trent Franks Tackles Non-Existent Problem of Race/Gender-Based Abortions (Again)

​Fagala-fearing Arizona Congressman Trent Franks has reintroduced legislation that would place a federal ban on race/gender-based abortions -- which would be fantastic news if either were actually a problem in the United States.Franks today once again introduced his "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Bails on Lawsuit Challenging New Abortion Laws

​Planned parenthood today formally filed paperwork to dismiss its lawsuit challenging several abortion laws that took effect in September. The laws, most of which were passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2009, place new restrictions on abortion procedures and make it far more difficult for women ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Won't Challenge Court Ruling on Abortion Laws; New Regulations Go Into Effect Today

​If you live in a rural part of Arizona and want to get an abortion, best of luck to you -- new abortion laws that pro-choice advocates say will make it extremely difficult for people in the boonies to get an abortion go into effect today, compliments of the Arizona state Legislature and Governor ... More >>

"Dangerous" New Laws Force Planned Parenthood to End Abortions in Six Arizona Cities

www.donkeytees.com​Thanks to "dangerous" new laws passed by the Arizona Legislature this year -- and a recent court decision that overturned an injunction on laws passed in 2009 -- Planned Parenthood announced today that it will discontinue abortion services in six Arizona cities."Under the guise ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Files Lawsuit Challenging Arizona's New Scare-Tactic Abortion Law

www.zazzle.com Most Arizona lawmakers sure don't.​Planned Parenthood announced today that it's filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two abortion bills signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer earlier this year that make it more difficult for Arizona women to end a pregnancy.As ... More >>

Senator Jon Kyl's Press Secretary Admits the "Not Intended to be Factual Statement" Line Made No Sense

politico.com​Senator Jon Kyl's press secretary has taken the blame for the senator reporting "statistics" last week about Planned Parenthood he found in the land of make-believe, and later saying it "was not intended to be a factual statement." In case you missed it, Kyl completely BS'd the a ... More >>

Morning Poll: Is Senator Jon Kyl's Excuse Over "Factual Statements" Satisfactory?

Disclaimer: Jon Kyl's apology for lying about abortion statistics is "not intended to be a factual statement" -- or it is? ​Senator Jon Kyl issued a statement yesterday apologizing for his attempt to redefine lying by following a lie with the disclaimer that his statement was not "intended to be a ... More >>