April 9, 2002 – (AgapePress) – While the Grand Canyon State debates taxpayer-supported abortion, pro-life advocates in two other states are celebrating grand victories for pro-life legislation and free-speech rights.
Last year, a trial court in Arizona ruled that taxpayer funds had to be used to pay for abortions for poor women under the state’s Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. The Center for Arizona Policy appealed the ruling, and it was reversed. Now, attorneys for pro-abortion activists have appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court.
Attorney Len Munsil, president and general counsel for The Center for Arizona Policy says taxpayers of that state should not be forced to pay for abortions. He calls the case “critical,” and says his group has filed another brief with the court in an effort to stop the pro-abortionists’ actions. “The idea that your own dollars could be used to pay for an abortion or the taking of an innocent human life is just repulsive to most pro-life Arizonans,” Munsil says. “This is a critical case where you have a child court that basically found a constitutional right under the Arizona Constitution to have taxpayer funding of abortions for poor women.”
The attorney is hopeful the Arizona Supreme Court will affirm the Arizona Court of Appeals that overturned the trial court ruling and determine that, indeed, taxpayer funds cannot be used to pay for abortions in Arizona. Munsil says this brief was funded by a grant from Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale-based national ministry that supports pro-family, pro-life, and pro-religious liberty litigation.
(This article courtesy of Agape Press.)
