Abortion services at issue in appeal

Lawyers for the state and a privately financed anti-abortion group go to federal appeals court today in a bid to restore a ban on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

Abortion bill carries new clinic restraints

PHOENIX - Ignoring a threatened lawsuit, a House panel voted Monday to allow warrantless inspections of abortion clinics and to restrict their ability to get Medicaid funds.

Arizona House panel moves ahead on abortion rules

PHOENIX — Ignoring a threatened lawsuit, a House panel voted Monday to allow warrantless inspections of abortion clinics and restrict their ability to get Medicaid funds.

Abortion foes want no-warrant inspections

PHOENIX - Abortion foes are making a late-session push to allow health inspectors to inspect clinics without a warrant.

Abortion opponents lose bid to defund Planned Parenthood as high court rejects case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to the campaign of abortion opponents to "defund" Planned Parenthood.

US judge blocks Arizona law targeting Planned Parenthood over abortions

PHOENIX - A federal judge has permanently blocked Arizona from cutting off funds to Planned Parenthood solely because the organization also performs abortions.

Arizona goes to court to halt gov't funding of Planned Parenthood

PHOENIX - Attorneys for the state and abortion foes are asking a federal appeals court to let it cut off federal and state funding for Planned Parenthood because the agency also offers abortions.

Foes of abortion lose a round in funding dispute

PHOENIX - A federal judge on Friday blocked lawmakers from cutting off family planning funds for Planned Parenthood solely because the organization also performs abortions.

Ruling blocks Arizona from cutting off Planned Parenthood funds

PHOENIX — A federal judge on Friday blocked lawmakers from cutting off family planning funds for Planned Parenthood solely because the organization also performs abortions.

Groups tie Prop. 204 to Planned Parenthood

PHOENIX - Two leading anti-abortion groups are urging voters to reject Proposition 204 under a theory that some of the money raised by the tax could wind up in the hands of Planned Parenthood.

Abortion law in AZ illegal, Justice Dept. says in filing

PHOENIX - The state has picked up a new, powerful foe in its effort to deny any public funds to Planned Parenthood for family planning services: the United States government.

Group credits new laws for drop in abortions

PHOENIX - The state's most active anti-abortion group is taking credit for what appears to be a significant drop in the number of women terminating their pregnancies.

Planned Parenthood can be dropped by Texas program, court rules

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Texas did not act unconstitutionally when it moved to expel Planned Parenthood from a health and contraceptive care program for low-income women.

State seeks more time on Planned Parenthood suit

PHOENIX - Arizona taxpayers will continue to fund care provided by Planned Parenthood for the poor, at least for the time being.

Planned Parenthood sues state over Medicaid funds

PHOENIX - Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge Monday to block a new law that would bar it from getting state Medicaid funds.

Brewer signs birth control exemption

PHOENIX - Arizona businesses that designate themselves as a "religiously affiliated employer" will no longer have to include contraception in the insurance coverage they provide for their workers.

Gov. Brewer signs contraception bill

PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill Friday that relaxes Arizona's requirement for health plans to cover contraception, legislation that supporters called a protection for religious freedom and that critics called an attack on women.

Session focused heavily on moral, religious issues

PHOENIX - The biggest arguments of the just-wrapped legislative session were not about money or guns.

Governor signs anti-abortion bill denying funds to Planned Parenthood

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer continued her anti-abortion efforts late Friday, signing controversial legislation to keep any of the federal family-planning funding Arizona gets from going to Planned Parenthood.