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The U.S. Senate recently failed to pass a bill that would save babies from infanticide if they survive abortion. Watch this video to learn more.
Two Good Bills Pass in Arkansas Senate Committees
This morning Arkansas Senate committees passed two really good bills.
The first was S.B. 149 by Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway). This good bill prohibits abortion in Arkansas if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
S.B. 149 garnered a lot of testimony and discussion, but in the the end the Senate Public Health Committee passed the bill.
Arkansas aborts, on average, 3,000 – 4,000 children every single year. If the courts reverse Roe v. Wade, this good bill could save thousands of unborn children in Arkansas.
The second bill was S.B. 156 by Sen. Bob Ballinger (R – Berryville).
This good bill prevents public colleges and universities from squelching free speech on campus.
In some states students and faculty have faced discipline and discrimination for sharing their faith or expressing their deeply held convictions.
S.B. 156 helps prevent public colleges and universities from imposing these unconstitutional restrictions on students and faculty. It protects students’ rights to peacefully assemble, speak, share literature, and exchange ideas.
This morning S.B. 156 passed the Senate Education Committee.
These are two good bills that Family Council strongly supports.
S.B. 149 will save the lives of unborn children in Arkansas if the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, and S.B. 156 will protect the rights of students and faculty to speak and act on their convictions.
Both bills now go to the entire Arkansas Senate for a vote.
You can contact your state senator about these bills by calling (501) 682-2902.
New York Celebrates Most Radical Pro-Abortion Law in Recent History
On the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Roe v. Wade abortion decision, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed arguably the most radically pro-abortion law in recent history.
The law effectively legalizes abortion on demand all the way up until birth.
Supporters of the law point out that the law restricts many abortions to those performed to save the “life or health” of the mother, but as we have seen over the past four decades, health exceptions in abortion laws are so broad that in the court’s mind practically anything — including stress, depression, anxiety, the woman’s age, her family status — can warrant a “health” exception for an abortion. In other words, this law permits abortion on demand.
But perhaps even more radical than the law itself is the way legislators rose to their feet applauding the governor and celebrating its passage.
Just a few years ago, many of abortion’s supporters treated abortion like some sort of necessary evil that should be “safe, legal, and rare.” Today, however, we have groups cheering for legislation that lets doctors, nurse practitioners, and midwives poison and dismember unborn children in utero on demand and at any stage of development.
Legislatively, New York’s radical law is an anomaly. Most states — including Arkansas — actually are tightening restrictions on abortion and are working to eliminate the practice altogether.
We’ve seen record numbers of pro-life laws filed and passed in Arkansas in recent years, and those laws have saved hundreds of lives from abortion.
New York’s law also is wildly out of step with the rest of the country. Most Americans believe abortion should be either completely illegal or legal only in certain circumstances. A recent poll shows 75% of Americans want abortion restricted to the first three months of pregnancy.
New York’s legislature might be moving the other direction, but across the country and here at home, we are winning the fight not only to make abortion illegal, but perhaps even more importantly to make abortion unthinkable.