See “Mully” in Theaters This October

What happens when a six-year-old boy in Kenya is abandoned by his family and left to raise himself on the streets?

The documentary “Mully” has the answer.

It’s the true story of Charles Mully, whose unlikely rise to wealth and power leaves him questioning his own existence, searching for meaning in life. Against the better judgment of family and community, Mully sets out to help orphaned children across Kenya. Charles Mully risks everything and sets in motion a series of events that is nothing short of astonishing.

This documentary is coming to theaters soon for only three days on October 3, 4, and 5.

It’s showing at eight theaters in or close to Arkansas. You can find more information at www.mullymovie.com/theatres.

Below is a list of the theaters showing “Mully.”

Breckenridge 12
1200 Breckenridge Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205 – Map

Colonel Glenn 18
18 Colonel Glenn Court
Little Rock, AR 72210 – Map

Tinseltown Benton
17314 I-30
Benton, AR 72015 – Map

Conway 12
201 Skyline Drive, Suite 25
Conway, AR 72032 – Map

Malco Ft Smith Cinema
1200 S Waldron Rd Ste 140
Fort Smith, AR 72903 – Map

Texarkana Pavilion 14
4230 St. Michael Drive
Texarkana, TX 75503 – Map

The Razorback Cinema
3956 N Steele Blvd
Fayetteville, AR 72703 – Map

Paradiso Cinema
584 S Mendenhall Rd
Memphis, TN 38117 – Map

Individuals can purchase tickets in advance through those select theaters.

If you would like to bring a group of 25 or more, you can fill out the form at www.mullymovie.com/grouptickets for more details and assistance from the group tickets team.

If the movie is not showing in your area, churches and groups can bring the movie to their city by purchasing a minimum of 100 tickets. This can be done by one group or church or as a collaborative effort between several churches or groups.

Starting This Saturday: Four Upcoming Pro-Life Events (Updated)

Four pro-life events are coming up between this Saturday and November. Here is what you need to know:

Pro-Life Ruling Appealed to Full Eighth Circuit

Earlier this month a federal appeals court panel ruled Arkansas could cut Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood.

This week we learned the decision — which was given by a panel of three judges from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals — has been appealed to the entire Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Three Planned Parenthood patients are asking the Eighth Circuit to reconsider the good ruling the three judges made two weeks ago.

This lawsuit has been going on since Gov. Hutchinson directed the state to stop giving Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood two years ago. Below is a timeline of this issue and the legal battle surrounding it.

  • November 8, 1988: Voters in Arkansas passed Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution prohibiting public funds from paying for abortion, except to save the mother’s life.
  • July 25, 1994: Following a lawsuit by an abortion clinic in Little Rock, a federal court blocked enforcement of Amendment 68, saying it violated the Hyde Amendment — a rider on the federal budget Congress passed in 1994 prohibiting public funding of abortions except in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother.
  • July 25, 1995: The Eight Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling.
  • March 18, 1996: The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ruling, essentially saying Amendment 68 could only be blocked insofar as it conflicted with the Hyde Amendment. Practically speaking, this has prevented public funding of abortion in most cases, with the exception of abortions paid for with Medicaid funds in certain circumstances permitted by the federal Hyde Amendment.
  • August 14, 2015: Governor Asa Hutchinson directed the Department of Human Services to terminate its Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood.
  • October 2, 2015: U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction forcing the State of Arkansas to continue making Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood following a lawsuit by three of Planned Parenthood’s patients.
  • September 29, 2016: U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker expanded that ruling to apply to all of Planned Parenthood’s patients in Arkansas. Arkansas’ attorney general appealed the ruling to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  • August 16, 2017: A three judge panel from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Arkansas can decline to provide Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers.
  • August 30, 2017: The three-judge panel’s decision was appealed to the entire Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Photo Credit: By Brian Turner (Flickr: My Trusty Gavel) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.