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Petersen Champions Women at Trump EO Signing

February 5, 2025 2:38 pmFebruary 15, 2025 9:57 am

In a policy move that fulfilled one of his main campaign promises, President Donald Trump signed an executive order today entitled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The order prohibits “trans-identifying athletes” (biological males) from participating in female sports at...

AZ Abortion Battle Heats Up over ‘Unborn Human Being’ Wording

July 25, 2024 11:09 amJuly 31, 2024 9:36 am

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten agreed to hear arguments over the inclusion of the term “unborn human being” in the Proposition 139 ballot pamphlet language explaining the impact of its passage. If passed, Prop 139 would add abortion...

Abortion, Age Top List of AZ Election Drivers

July 12, 2024 11:46 amJuly 19, 2024 3:02 pm

The 2022 “red wave” that many Republicans predicted failed, with abortion access ballot measures topping the list of explanations for the missed expectations. This time around, Republicans maintain guarded optimism that the impact of abortion will not sway this election....

AG Mayes Issues Opinion on ‘Medical Emergency’ Abortions

July 3, 2024 5:00 amJuly 19, 2024 2:09 pm

Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General, Kris Mayes, issued an opinion on June 27, 2024, attempting to clarify what constitutes a “medical emergency” related to the 15-week abortion law signed into law in 2022 by then Governor Doug Ducey. The opinion, dispelling...

Hobbs, Democrats Stand in Unison Against Protecting Womens’ Spaces

April 24, 2024 11:24 amMay 8, 2024 2:45 pm

Arizona’s Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs added another veto to her already record-breaking record today, this time striking down Senate Bill SB1182. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Kavanagh (R-LD3), required schools to provide reasonable accommodations to students of the opposite...

AZ Senator Kerr Sponsors Bill to Protect Biological Women

February 8, 2024 6:37 amNovember 21, 2024 7:46 am

Arizona Senate Majority Whip Sine Kerr (R-LD25) is sponsoring a landmark bill codifying “biological sex” as one’s biological birth gender. The bill would also protect “single-sex spaces” to ensure the privacy and safety of women and girls. Senate Bill SB1628,...