March for Life Planned in Rogers as Pro-Life Volunteers Place 1,000 Crosses at Local Church

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On Saturday, pro-life volunteers placed a thousand crosses at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Bentonville to remember the 240,000 babies that have been aborted in Arkansas. The crosses are a temporary display by NWA Respect Life.

Sunday, September 14, 2025, the group will host a special march for life beginning at 2:00 PM in Rogers. The march will start at the Patriarch House next to Planned Parenthood (1230 W. Poplar in Rogers) and will proceed nearly three miles to the Metroplex Event Center (2305 S. 8th St. in Rogers). Guest speakers at the march will include State Senator Jim Dotson and National 40 Days for Life Director Heather Gardner.

Abortion in Arkansas is generally prohibited except to save the life of the mother. However, Planned Parenthood has two facilities in Arkansas — one in Little Rock and another in Rogers — as well as an abortion facility within driving distance of Northwest Arkansas. The organization also spends millions of dollars encouraging women to cross state lines for abortion. More generally, pro-abortion lawmakers in other states have enacted “shield laws” to prevent authorities in pro-life states like Arkansas from holding abortionists accountable when they deliver abortion drugs across state lines.

It’s good to pass laws prohibiting abortion, but we must make abortion unthinkable and irrelevant as well. With that in mind, there is clearly more work to be done.

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Family Council Joins National Brief Defending Pro-Life Centers from Government Overreach

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Last week, Family Council joined 68 other individuals and organizations in an amicus brief supporting pro-life pregnancy resource centers in federal court.

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers in New Jersey is defending itself and its supporters against the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. The state A.G. has subpoenaed a massive amount of information from First Choice — including donation information that may be sensitive.

The amicus brief argues that the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is threatening First Choice’s freedoms of speech and association. It also alleges that the A.G.’s office is not using its subpoena powers to enforce the law but rather “to demand a treasure trove of data” from a legitimate pro-life organization.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that government officials have targeted pro-life pregnancy resource centers.

The New York Attorney General recently threatened to punish pregnancy resource centers that promote or provide abortion pill reversal.

During the Biden Administration, federal officials tried to prevent pregnancy resource centers from receiving public funding under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

And California policymakers have tried unsuccessfully to make pregnancy resource centers promote abortion.

Pregnancy resource centers offer women real options besides abortion. Many of these centers provide everything from ultrasounds and pregnancy tests to maternity clothes and adoption referrals — typically free of charge.

That’s part of the reason Arkansas provides millions of dollars in publicly funded grants for these organizations. It’s a way Arkansas can use public funds to support women and children without expanding government or creating new state programs.

Family Council is pleased to stand up for pro-life pregnancy resource centers in Arkansas and around the country. We hope all of our state and federal officials will do so as well.

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