It Rhymes With Shmashmortion

Lobbyist Group Going for Its 36th Anti-Abortion Law: Surprise Abortion-Clinic Inspections

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Jun. 10 2013 at 2:28 PM
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The local lobbying organization best known for its fanatical anti-abortion proposals has finally come around with some anti-abortion legislation, after staying quiet for most of the legislative session.

CAP apparently has Republican Representative John Kavanagh on a leash, since Kavanagh introduced the strike-everything amendment allowing surprise inspections of abortion clinics, and tries to prevent Medicaid money from "indirectly paying for abortions," as the lobbying organization puts it.

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Toilet Policeman Kavanagh Done Trying to Regulate Transgender Bathroom Use
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Bill Montgomery Over-Dramatic in Response to Abortion Ruling; Wants Supreme Court Review

By Matthew Hendley Tue., May 21 2013 at 4:51 PM
Categories: It Rhymes With Shmashmortion, Monty's World
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Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery
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 their grisly operations under legal protection while denying Arizona the ability to protect expectant mothers and their children in the womb," Montgomery says (with what we'd like to think is a single tear rolling down his cheek).

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


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

By Matthew Hendley Tue., May 21 2013 at 11:21 AM
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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, beginning with Roe and ending with Gonzales [v. Carhart]," the court says. "Arizona simply cannot proscribe a woman from choosing to obtain an abortion before the fetus is viable."

See also:
-Federal Judge Upholds 20-Week Abortion Ban; Cites Suspect Fetal-Pain Evidence
-Bill Montgomery Wants Lawyer for Unborn in Challenging 20-Week Abortion Ban

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Anti-Abortion Activists Hit Up Phoenix Clinic for Latest Undercover Video

By Matthew Hendley Thu., May 2 2013 at 11:15 AM
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Live Action's latest anti-abortion propaganda film.
A national anti-abortion group shot an undercover video "exposing" a "late-term abortion doctor" in Phoenix.

The group, Live Action, does this by having a woman say she's 23 weeks pregnant, and go in this facility with a camera, apparently "exposing" the fact that the abortion process isn't the prettiest thing in the world.

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

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Oct. 9 2012 at 2:01 PM
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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 would be allocated to the "family stability and self-sufficiency fund" is going operate as it's described in the proposition.

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


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

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Oct. 9 2012 at 10:50 AM
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Policy analysis from Narnia.
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 goes, but the right-wing lobbying organization Center for Arizona Policy thinks it has things figured out -- it creates a $100 million "slush fund" that probably could all be used to fund abortions.

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

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Sep. 26 2012 at 2:20 PM
Categories: It Rhymes With Shmashmortion, Trent Franks (Sigh)
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Congressman Trent O'Franks
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 Stop the "Greatest Genocide in World History"
-Washington D.C. Group Sets Up Constituent Service Day for "Mayor" Trent Franks
-GOP Abortion Bullies: "Abortion Is the Leading Cause of Death In the Black Community"
-Trent Franks: Gay Marriage "Literally is a Threat to the Nation's Survival"


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

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Sep. 20 2012 at 9:25 AM
Categories: It Rhymes With Shmashmortion, Math Lessons
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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 says comparing the number of abortions performed in 2010 to the number in 2011 is like comparing "apples to oranges," so she apparently decided to compare oranges to apples instead.

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


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

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Sep. 18 2012 at 11:02 AM
Categories: It Rhymes With Shmashmortion
UPDATE: DHS Director Will Humble drops some knowledge after the jump.

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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 Department of Health Services, CAP's hopes and dreams of phasing out abortions don't seem to be working -- the number of reported abortions increased about 26 percent from 2010 to 2011.

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

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Sep. 13 2012 at 4:55 PM
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Yep.
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 required.

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