As your state representatives, we stay current on policy issues all over our country. One of the most troubling is the attack on Planned Parenthood. Some in our state and national government want to prohibit them from providing health care in our community and stop us from being able to choose our own health care provider. It is apparent there is a lack of knowledge and information about this important health care provider.

Star Parker: Within weeks of Fox airing videos of a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute being advised by ACORN "community organizers" on how to evade taxes and set up a prostitution ring, our stalwart Washington legislators voted to cut off federal funds to the organization. But similar publicized abuses at Planned Parenthood -- workers agreeing to cover up rape or earmarking funds to abort black babies -- all captured on video and audio -- produced no similar action in Washington to cut off funds.

Gov. Jan Brewer snubbed a request by Planned Parenthood Arizona to be a participant in this year’s Women’s Health Expo.

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 legislators have completed action on a bill to bar use of any public money from being funneled to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions.

When people contribute money to a TV preacher to build an orphanage they expect the funds will be used to build an orphanage, not a theme park. When I contributed funds to the Susan G. Komen Foundation I expected my money would be used to fight breast cancer, not to help pay the overhead of Planned Parenthood. Contributing to Planned Parenthood's overhead is against my religious principles. That the Komen Foundation does not understand this is indeed regrettable. Komen should concentrate on breast cancer research and Planned Parenthood should concentrate on abortions. The two should never be commingled. And this is not "political." It is common sense.

Congress should no longer fund Planned Parenthood. In 2007, Planned Parenthood fully disclosed that they performed 305,310 abortions, while less than 5,000 pregnant women were referred to adoption services. In 2008, $350 million went to Planned Parenthood from the government coffers, and clearly a whole lot of that money funded abortions based on 2007 statistics. I propose that Planned Parenthood close its doors and reopen as two separate entities. One would be euphemistically named “Reproductive Freedom Center” (abortions wink, wink); the other, “Neighborhood (bona fide) Health Clinic.” The latter would offer care and advice on women’s health like ovarian, cervical and breast cancer screenings, infertility and the like. This health clinic might even offer birth control information.

Tina Dupuy, guest commentary

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix will not permit a West Valley events center to hold an early-morning Mass on Dec. 12 because a Planned Parenthood fundraiser recently was hosted there.

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

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

The state's largest abortion provider is asking a judge to block new restrictions on procedure imposed by the Legislature.

The state's largest abortion provider is asking a judge to block new restrictions on procedure imposed by the Legislature.

Congressman David Schweikert, tagged the most-conservative freshman in Congress, recently voted with his House brethren to bar all federal funding for Planned Parenthood. His vote, disguised as a budget-saving and pro-life measure, is an attack on contraception and women’s health. Incredible, considering that the overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority of all political persuasions, say they support birth control.

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.

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

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.

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.

A federal judge indicated Friday's he's not buying the state's argument that it can cut off family planning funds for Planned Parenthood.

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

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.

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