A state judge has ruled it is illegal for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to require a court order before allowing women in his jails to get an abortion.

Abortion opponents are suspicious that loopholes exist in a new state law requiring minors to obtain parental permission before ending a pregnancy.

Now that the war is over, the omnivorous news cable networks must feed elsewhere.

The way some people talk about it, you’d think abortion was about as serious as having one’s adenoids removed. That little piece of tissue is causing you some grief? Whack, slice: Problem solved.

The top two leaders in the Arizona Legislature are using their power to give abortion foes more time to pressure Gov. Janet Napolitano into signing legislation imposing a waiting period.

WICHITA, Kan. - Jurors swiftly convicted an abortion opponent of murder Friday for shooting to death one of the only doctors to offer late-term abortions in the U.S., a killing the gunman claimed was justified to save the lives of unborn children.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.

Our view: As the state’s official lawyer, the Arizona attorney general must defend the validity of state laws when they are challenged in court. Current Attorney General Terry Goddard has walked away from that duty in refusing to manage the state’s defense of a set of new abortion laws that were scheduled to go into effect Wednesday.

A federal judge agreed to decide by a week from Wednesday whether to allow the state to start requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can terminate her pregnancy.

Mike Reagan: According to the pro-abortion lobby, the new legislation, signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, works to “creates barriers, increases costs and denies access to services and providers to women who seek abortion care.” In my opinion, that is good news.

State lawmakers are only one step away from sending some new restrictions on abortion to Gov. Jan Brewer.

WICHITA, Kan. - Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to honor slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, eulogized by a longtime friend as a passionate and generous man who repeatedly overcame difficult challenges.

Bonnie Erbe: Dr. George Tiller’s murder is not the first by anti-abortion extremists and it won’t be the last unless America’s pro-choice majority draws a defined line in concrete terms that prevents incitement to murder. Anyone who issues statements containing such language ought to be prosecuted as an accessory to murder.

The pregnant woman showed up at the medical center in flip-flops and in tears, after walking there to save bus fare.

Hoping a new governor means a different result, abortion foes have combined three separate - and previously vetoed - abortion measures into a single bill.

Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed two measures Friday to place some new restrictions on abortions.