Pregnancy Centers Provided Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Goods and Services Last Year

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A new report from our friends at the Charlotte Lozier Institute shows pro-life pregnancy resource centers provided hundreds of millions of dollars in goods and services to families last year.

Pregnancy resource centers provide material support to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

Many offer everything from pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to adoption referrals and parenting classes to maternity clothes, diapers, and formula — all typically free of charge. 

The Charlotte Lozier Institute report looked at the work of 2,775 pregnancy centers nationwide. The report found these centers provided over $452 million in medical care, education services, material goods, and other types of support in 2024.

The report also found pregnancy resource centers served one million new clients last year. All of that is great news.

Since the 2022 Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade, state legislatures around the country have begun appropriating funding for pregnancy help organizations, because they are so effective when it comes to helping women and families.

Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Ohio, and many other states provide millions of dollars in state funding for pregnancy resource centers.

Lawmakers in Arkansas have also voted to provide grant funding for pregnancy resource centers.

In April, Governor Sanders signed Act 1006 of 2025, by the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, providing $2 million for grants to pregnancy help organizations — including pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other charities that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.

The State of Arkansas has funded this grant program every year since 2022 to help promote alternatives to abortion.

In July, DFA received 39 applications for grant funding under the program. However, the department has not taken any action on the applications and reportedly does not have a timeline for awarding grants to the pregnancy help organizations.

Now that abortion is generally prohibited in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother, the state needs to make abortion unthinkable and unnecessary. As the Charlotte Lozier Institute’s report shows, supporting the work of pregnancy help organizations is one way we can do that.

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State of Arkansas to Hold Hearing on $2M Pregnancy Center Grant Rules Today

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The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) will hold a public hearing on Thursday at 2:00 PM to discuss a proposed amendment to its rules governing the Pregnancy Help Organization Grant Program.

In April, Governor Sanders signed Act 1006 of 2025 by the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee providing $2 million for grants to pregnancy help organizations — including pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other charities that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.

The State of Arkansas has funded this grant program every year since 2022 to help promote alternatives to abortion.

In July, DFA received 39 applications for grant funding under the program. However, the department has not taken any action on the applications and reportedly does not have a timeline for awarding grants to the pregnancy help organizations.

Based on DFA’s public hearing notice, Thursday’s meeting likely will not address when the department might begin awarding grants to pregnancy centers. Instead, it will focus on technical changes to the official rules governing the grant program.

DFA’s public hearing notice is available here. A copy of the proposed rule changes is available here.

Arkansans may submit written comments on the proposed rule changes to the Department of Finance and Administration – Office of Intergovernmental Services, P.O. Box 8031, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 or to igsclearinghouse@dfa.arkansas.gov.

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Florida A.G. Sues Planned Parenthood for Lying to Women, Claiming Abortion Pill is “Safer Than Tylenol”

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Above: Planned Parenthood’s abortion facility in Pittsburg, Kansas, markets abortion to women from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas.

On November 6, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against abortion giant Planned Parenthood for lying to women by claiming abortion pills are, “safer than Tylenol.”

The lawsuit is similar to one officials in Missouri filed in July. The Florida A.G.’s legal complaint says:

The “safer than Tylenol” marketing campaign has been ongoing for years and targeted to women in Florida. Just a few weeks ago, Defendant Planned Parenthood Florida Action proclaimed on X.com that “Mifepristone is safe. Safer than Tylenol.” That claim is manifestly false.

Abortionists typically use two separate pills for a chemical abortion. Mifepristone is administered to kill the unborn baby. A second drug called misoprostol causes the baby to be expelled from the woman’s body. Both carry serious risks and consequences.

A study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center found the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol are at least 22 times more dangerous than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeling indicates.

Researchers noted that from 2017 to 2023, nearly one in nine women suffered serious health complications such as sepsis, infection, and hemorrhaging as a direct result of abortion drugs.

All of this has prompted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to launch a formal investigation into the abortion drugs and their safety.

The Florida Attorney General’s Office cited these findings and others in its lawsuit, writing:

These are inconvenient truths for Planned Parenthood, whose business model is built around high-margin chemical abortions. So rather than admit the danger of chemical abortion, Planned Parenthood lies. The abortion conglomerate not only assures its patients that abortion drugs are “extremely safe”—a dubious claim itself; it repeatedly declares that abortion drugs are “safer than Tylenol.”

In fact, abortion drugs are not safer than Tylenol. These claims have no basis in reality and have been repeatedly debunked. Nevertheless, Planned Parenthood continues to make them: on its website, in printed materials, on live television, and during interactions with patients.

Arkansas law generally prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother, and it is a crime to mail or deliver abortion pills into the state. Abortionists who break the law are subject to criminal penalties. They also may be sued for malpractice, and they may face professional discipline — like suspension of their medical licenses.

Unfortunately, pro-abortion lawmakers in some states have enacted “shield laws” to protect abortionists who ship these dangerous abortion pills across state lines.

Groups like Planned Parenthood are also spending millions of dollars to promote abortion to women from pro-life states like Arkansas. That’s a serious problem.

Fortunately, Attorney General Tim Griffin has threatened legal action against companies advertising abortion drugs in Arkansas. The attorney general says these groups may be penalized under the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act. He has also urged the federal government to restrict abortion drugs and let states like Arkansas enforce their pro-life laws.

Abortion drugs end the lives of unborn children, and they hurt women. They simply should not be for sale in America. We appreciate Florida Attorney General Uthmeier and Arkansas Attorney General Griffin for each standing up against abortionists.

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