Family Council Intends to Support Funding for Pregnancy Centers at State Legislature

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The Arkansas Legislature will convene for its budget session on April 10, and Family Council is gearing up to be there in support of good, pro-life efforts in the state.

Now that abortion is mostly prohibited, we need to make it irrelevant and unthinkable.

That’s why in 2022 we worked with the legislature and the governor to secure $1 million in funding for pregnancy centers. We did the same in 2023.

This funding has gone to good organizations across the state that provide women and families with real assistance in the face of an unplanned pregnancy.

We intend to be back at the state capitol in April to work for an even larger appropriation that will provide funding for these centers in the coming fiscal year.

More than 50 pregnancy help organizations are serving thousands of women in Arkansas. We are glad to help these organizations do even more.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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Florida Passes Law Prohibiting Social Media for Children Under 14

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On Monday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation prohibiting minors under age 14 from registering social media accounts. The law is slated to take effect next year.

Across the board, policymakers are wrestling with how to keep kids safe online.

Researchers have found the algorithms on social media platforms like TikTok actually serve teens what some call a steady “diet of darkness” online.

Last year, lawmakers in Arkansas enacted the Social Media Safety Act — a good law by Sen. Tyler Dees (R – Siloam Springs) and Rep. Jon Eubanks (R – Paris) requiring major social media companies to ensure minors don’t access social media platforms without parental consent. A social media company that violated the law could be held liable. Tech giants — including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok — as well as the ACLU are fighting that law in court.

The Arkansas Attorney General’s office is pushing back by suing TikTok and the company that owns Facebook and Instagram.

The A.G.’s lawsuits cite evidence that the platforms’ algorithms promote objectionable content to children.

Social media platforms aren’t just websites. They are multimillion dollar businesses owned and operated by adults.

The adults who operate these social media platforms should not be able to register children as users and let children post photos and videos of themselves on their platforms without — at the very least — parental consent. 

As we have said before, there’s mounting evidence that social media puts users’ personal information at risk is designed to push objectionable content to users. With that in mind, it’s good to see policymakers taking action to protect children online.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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