Arkansas A.G. Joins Letter Urging NCAA to Protect Fairness in Women’s Sports

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Last week, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin joined 26 other state attorneys general in signing a formal letter calling on the NCAA to restore records and honors to female athletes.

The letter led by Mississippi’s attorney general urges the NCAA to reinstate “all championships, titles, wins, awards, records and other recognitions that were wrongfully awarded to male athletes competing in NCAA women’s category events.”

In 2022, transgender swimmer “Lia” Thomas — a biological male who claims to be female — made headlines for shattering women’s swimming records and winning the women’s 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Division I championship.

The NCAA even went so far as to nominate Thomas for its 2022 Woman of the Year Award.

As a result, in 2024 a group of female athletes filed a lawsuit arguing the NCAA violated their federal rights under Title IX by letting Thomas compete as a woman.

The University of Pennsylvania has announced it plans to revoke Thomas’ medals and apologize to female athletes forced to compete against Thomas. The letter Attorney General Griffin signed urges the NCAA to do the same for all female athletes.

We have written repeatedly about how female swimmers, powerlifters, cyclists, sprinters, volleyball players, and others have seen their sports radically changed by men who claim to be women.

Letting men compete in women’s sports reverses 50 years of advancements for women and effectively erases women’s athletics.

It hampers their ability to compete for athletic scholarships and hurts their professional opportunities as adults. Concerned Women for America reports that more than 1,900 male athletes who claim to be female have taken first place medals away from women and girls.

In some sports, letting men compete against women can even be dangerous.

That’s why in 2021 Arkansas passed Act 461 by Sen. Missy Irvin (R — Mountain View) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R — Smackover) preventing male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. This good law protects fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.

Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order protecting fairness in women’s sports under Title IX.

Most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.

We deeply appreciate our elected leaders and policymakers who work hard to stand up for fairness in women’s sports both in Arkansas and across the country.

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Unpacking the A.G.’s Four Cease-and-Desist Letters on Abortion Drugs

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Yesterday we reported how the Arkansas Attorney General has issued cease-and-desist letters to companies responsible for marketing abortion pills to Arkansans in violation of state law.

Arkansas generally prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother, and state law also prohibits abortion drugs from being delivered or distributed in the state. However, some abortionists ship abortion drugs across state lines. Attorney General Griffin says some of these entities are deliberately targeting women in Arkansas and elsewhere.

On July 29, A.G. Griffin’s office issued cease-and-desist letters to companies associated with Plan C, Mayday Health, and LifeOnEasyPills.org — all of which allegedly promote mail-order abortion drugs to women in Arkansas.

These letters warn the groups that Arkansas law generally prohibits the shipment or delivery of abortion drugs into the state. They also challenge misleading claims on the groups’ websites about the safety of abortion pills.

For example, the A.G.’s letter says Plan C describes abortion pills as “very safe,” but the A.G.’s legal team points out a 2025 study found that more than 10% of women who used abortion drugs experienced sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or another serious adverse event.

The cease-and-desist letters allege the pro-abortion advertisements may violate the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. If the companies do not stop promoting abortion pills to Arkansans, the letters say they could face a formal investigation and civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation.

The message from the A.G.’s office is clear: Arkansas will not be a target for out-of-state abortion pill traffickers.

We appreciate Attorney General Griffin’s strong pro-life stance and his willingness to hold violators accountable.

You Can Click Here to Read The A.G.’s Cease-and-Desist Letters to Possibility Labs of San Francisco; Mayday Medicines Inc. of New York; Dreamscape International of Singapore; and Cloudflare of San Francisco.

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Planned Parenthood PAC Reports No Activity in Arkansas During First Half of 2025

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On July 15, Planned Parenthood’s political action committee for Arkansas filed a report with the Secretary of State showing the organization did not spend any money campaigning in Arkansas during the past three months.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortionist. In 2024, the organization endorsed two candidates running for the Arkansas House of Representatives. In 2020, Planned Parenthood Federation announced it would spend at least $45 million working to unseat pro-life lawmakers and elect candidates who support abortion. As part of that plan, the group used its political action committee (PAC) in Arkansas to support candidates for state and federal office.

However, Planned Parenthood’s Arkansas PAC has spent no money campaigning in Arkansas so far this year.

Planned Parenthood’s PAC has a little less than $11,500 at its disposal for the 2026 election cycle. It remains to be seen what role the organization will play in Arkansas in the coming months.

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