As “Opponents of Brewer’s Medicaid plan speak out” it rapidly becomes obvious that they are obsessed with forcing their personal, misguided value systems on we citizens.

Catholic Charities Community Services’ DIGNITY House was recently named Homeless Service Provider of the Year by Phoenix Neighborhood Services. DIGNITY House received the award for its outstanding efforts assisting women with intensive residential recovery to help them live an independent life. The award was presented last month during the city’s National Community Development Week celebration.

Calling the governor's proposal unacceptable and politically dead at the Legislature, House Speaker Andy Tobin unveiled his own new plan Tuesday to expand Medicaid, one that would give Arizona voters the final say.

Scrambling to find votes for her Medicaid expansion plan, Gov. Jan Brewer said Thursday she is now willing to approve legislation to stop Planned Parenthood from getting any of the funds.

Saying the move would make no sense, Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday refused to insert an anti-abortion provision into her plan to expand the state's Medicaid program.

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

A 2008-2010 birth control study to more than 9,000 poor and uninsured St. Louis women proved that when proper information is given, more effective family planning methods are chosen. After receiving free counseling, teens between the ages of 15 to 19 had only 6.3 out-of-wedlock births compared to national rates of 34.3. And for every 1,000 women, the St. Louis general population lowered abortion rates to 13.4, compared to 20, the national rate.

A series of new restrictions on abortions in the last four years has propelled Arizona into the Top Five of all states in a list of places considered most friendly to "pro-life'' issues.

January means resolutions. My guess is that at least one of your resolutions falls under the category of being happier in some area of your life. If so, you might want to take a look at Gretchen Rubin’s new book, “Happier at Home” (2012). Her previous book, “The Happiness Project,” was No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list for months. Although I hadn’t read that one, I bought her next book as the “perfect” gift for someone. Before I wrapped it I skimmed it a little further than in the bookstore. Soon I was reading each page and knew I had to have my own copy. This is a valuable and inspirational reference for any individual, family or home — the kind of book you might not read at one sitting or from beginning to end, but snippets on a daily or weekly basis. With a highlighter.

Arizonans may finally get a break this year from what has been a perennial debate over two high-profile issues.

“All people are born alike — except Republicans and Democrats,” Groucho Marx

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 coffers of Planned Parenthood.

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.

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

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

For Melissa Martinez, the timing couldn’t be better for a show about family.

New York  •  Broadcast television networks are determined to make you laugh.

Gov. Jan Brewer makes no bones about her animosity toward Planned Parenthood.

Gov. Jan Brewer makes no bones about her animosity toward Planned Parenthood.

The biggest fights of the just completed legislative session did not take place over money or even guns.

The biggest fights of the just completed legislative session did not take place over money or even guns.

As superhero summers go, this one is truly super.

As superhero summers go, this one is truly super.

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

Arizona women will not be able to terminate a pregnancy after 19 weeks unless it is a medical emergency.