Washington County Quorum Court Committee to Take Up Pro-Life Resolution

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The Washington County Quorum Court County Services Committee is slated to consider a pro-life resolution on Monday evening at 6:00 PM.

The resolution recognizes “that all men are created equal” and that “Amendment 68 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas makes clear that we are to protect the life of every unborn child.”

The resolution also affirms that Washington County is a Pro-Life County committed to protecting all lives — including the lives of unborn children.

The resolution comes as Planned Parenthood looks to hire new staff in the Northwest Arkansas area.

You can read a copy of the proposed resolution here.

Earlier this year the state legislature passed a law affirming that municipalities in Arkansas can declare themselves Pro-Life.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that municipalities can adopt pro-life policy positions like this resolution.

The City of Springdale adopted a similar pro-life resolution a couple of years ago.

In light of all of this, Washington County is well within its rights to consider this pro-life resolution.

Affirming that cities and counties in Arkansas are Pro-Life is one more way we can continue to foster a culture that values the sanctity of human life.

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Satanic Temple Quietly Drops Lawsuit Over Pro-Abortion Billboards — For Now

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The Satanic Temple briefly parked a statue of baphomet — a satanic figure — in front of the Arkansas State Capitol Building as part of a demonstration in August of 2018.

Last February the Satanic Temple quietly dropped its lawsuit against Lamar Advertising over a set of pro-abortion billboards that the company rejected in Arkansas.

In September the Satanic Temple sued Lamar Advertising after the company rejected designs for pro-abortion billboards that the Satanic Temple wanted to place near pregnancy resource centers in Arkansas and Indiana.

All of the proposed billboard designs claimed that the Satanic Temple’s “religious abortion ritual averts many state restrictions” on abortion. 

One billboard even claimed pregnancy complications are the sixth most common cause of death among women between the ages of 20 and 34, and concluded that “abortions save lives.”

Understandably, Lamar rejected the Satanic Temple’s billboard designs for being “misleading and offensive.”

After a few months of wrangling in court, the attorney for the Satanic Temple filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice. The Circuit Judge of Benton County granted the Satanic Temple’s request to dismiss the lawsuit on February 26.

Dismissing the case without prejudice leaves the door open for the Satanic Temple to refile the lawsuit later. However, so far it seems like the group hasn’t been interested in pursuing a lawsuit against Lamar Advertising any further.

The order to dismiss the lawsuit received very little attention last February. Lamar and the Satanic Temple apparently did not say anything publicly about the decision at the time, and most of us were more focused on the Arkansas Legislature.

But it looks like pro-abortion billboards won’t go up around pro-life pregnancy resource centers any time soon. That’s a good thing.

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Planned Parenthood is Hiring in Bentonville

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Last week we reported that Planned Parenthood posted a job listing for a Health Center Manager in Northwest Arkansas’ Bentonville area.

On Wednesday Planned Parenthood posted a second job listing in the Bentonville area — this time for a Reproductive Health Assistant.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider. The group currently operates abortion facilities in Little Rock and Tulsa — both within driving distance of Northwest Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood operated an abortion facility for several years in Fayetteville. However, the facility closed in 2019 after its landlord reportedly opted not to renew the group’s lease.

Planned Parenthood has not released any new statements about its efforts to reopen in Northwest Arkansas. But the fact that the group is hiring staff in the Bentonville area raises questions about whether Planned Parenthood is in the process of putting a facility there.

You Can Find Planned Parenthood’s Latest Job Listings for Bentonville Here

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