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UPDATE: Trent Franks Resigns Immediately; AP Reports He Offered Aide $5 Million to Carry Child

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Dec 8, 2017

BYYYYYEEEEE.
What Arizona Lawmakers Are Saying (and Not Saying) About Russia Probe

By Molly Longman
Oct 31, 2017

Only four of the 11 members of the Arizona Congressional delegation commented publicly on social media about the pair of Russia indictments.
Four National Monuments Are Up for Review in Arizona: Here's What You Need to Know

By Molly Longman
Jul 16, 2017

Thanks to a Trump Administration executive order, Zinke could rescind or scale down four Arizona national monuments, including the Grand Canyon-Parashant, Ironwood Forest, Sonoran Desert and Vermilion Cliffs.
Trent Franks Proposed What? His Amendment to Survey Islamic Thought Shot Down in House

By Joseph Flaherty
Jul 14, 2017

Congressman Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona, proposed that the Pentagon identify and assess Islamic doctrine and leaders associated with terrorism.
Trent Franks Fights for Terminally Ill British Baby's Access to Medical Care, but Not Yours

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Jul 11, 2017

After voting for a bill that would strip 22 million Americans of their health insurance, Franks is now inserting himself into the controversy over 11-month-old Charlie Gard's medical treatment.
Trent Franks Looks Into the Eyes of a Family Clinging Desperately to Its Health Care

By Lindsay Moore and Molly Longman
Jul 10, 2017

How one Glendale family could be affected by the GOP's health care bill.
Trent Franks' Net Worth Has Skyrocketed Since He Got Into Office

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Jun 13, 2017

While the rest of the country weathered a recession, he got even richer.
Brianna Westbrook Wants to Be Arizona’s First Transgender Congresswoman

By Antonia Noori Farzan
Apr 5, 2017

The 32-year-old Peoria resident plans to challenge Rep. Trent Franks.
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks Grills U.S. Attorney General About "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors"

By Miriam Wasser
Nov 19, 2015

Arizona Congressman Trent Franks got a little frustrated with Attorney General Loretta Lynch during this week's House Judiciary Committee meeting. During their exchange, Franks asked her about Planned Parenthood, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and, of course, “born-alive abortion survivors.” Franks has made a name for himself as a tireless...
Carrying Graphic Signs and Spouting Religious Dogma, Phoenix Protesters Lash Out at Planned Parenthood

By Stephen Lemons
Aug 22, 2015

Carrying gruesome placards and signs that read "Choose Life" and "Just a Clump of Sells," anti-abortion activists crowded into a blocked-off street next to a Planned Parenthood office in central Phoenix today, part of a nationwide effort by those in the pro-life movement to end federal funding for the organization and...
Trent Franks Is Calling for an "Authorization of Military Force" Against Iran

By Matthew Hendley
Sep 20, 2013

Just in case talk of military action against one country wasn't enough, Republican Congressman Trent Franks is here with more loose talk of war.Franks announced that he plans to introduce a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iran...
Trent Franks Rushes to Support of Bill for Nationwide Ban on Gay Marriage

By Matthew Hendley
Jul 2, 2013

In case you haven't heard about the bill to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage nationwide, don't worry, Republican Congressman Trent Franks is already on it.Franks, as well as Republican Congressman David Schweikert, are among the 28 Republican congressmen seeking to change the Constitution to declare, "Marriage in...
Trent Franks' Abortion Bill Passes House, Which Doesn't Really Matter

By Matthew Hendley
Jun 18, 2013

Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks' bill to create a ban on abortions 20 weeks after conception has passed the House of Representatives.That's not to say it's any closer to becoming a law, because it's really not.See also:-Abortion Bill Now Includes Rape Exception-Franks: Not Many Rapes Result in Pregnancy-Franks Submits Another Abortion...
Trent Franks' Abortion Bill Now Includes Rape Exception, Thanks to Bone-Headed Comment

By Matthew Hendley
Jun 17, 2013

Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks' bone-headed argument that a "very low" number of rapes result in pregnancies ended up being a losing argument.Franks' bill banning abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy has since been changed, exempting victims of rape and incest.See also:-Franks: Not Many Rapes Result in Pregnancy-Franks Submits Another Abortion...
Trent Franks Says There Aren't That Many Rapes That Result in Pregnancies

By Matthew Hendley
Jun 12, 2013

Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks thinks the number of rapes that result in pregnancies is "very low."Franks' comments are now going viral across the county, although it's not surprising for us back home, who have heard Franks belittle Black people, Jews, and women in general, to make points about his hatred...
Trent Franks' Newest Abortion Bill Passes Subcommittee That Franks Chairs

By Matthew Hendley
Jun 5, 2013

Anti-abortion fanatic/Republican Congressman Trent Franks is celebrating his latest abortion bill passing out of a House subcommittee, which really isn't much to celebrate about.We understand it's difficult to keep track of which abortion bill of Franks' is the newest, since his bread-and-butter issue of abortion seems to be all he...
Trent Franks Now Wants to Tell Every Woman in America When It's Okay to Have an Abortion

By Matthew Hendley
May 17, 2013

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 extend nationwide.See also:-Trent Franks Does...
Trent Franks Does It Again: Abortion-Obsessed Congressman Submits Another Abortion Bill

By Matthew Hendley
Apr 26, 2013

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

By Matthew Hendley
Feb 14, 2013

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 "murderer" at anyone who may...
Trent Franks' Abortion Obsession Goes International as He Begs Ireland to Keep Ban

By Matthew Hendley
Sep 26, 2012

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 Time Again as His D.C. Abortion Bill Fails-Trent Franks Trying to...

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