FDA Undermines Women, Unborn Babies With New Abortion Drug Rules

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This week the federal Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly changed the rules governing abortion-inducing drugs like RU-486.

In 2000 the FDA issued straightforward instructions governing how doctors were to administer RU-486. However, as we have written before, many abortion clinics have ignored those instructions, choosing instead to administer the drugs in manners different from what the FDA requires.

According to National Right to Life, 14 women have died and thousands of others have been injured by being given RU-486 in a manner inconsistent with the FDA’s protocols.

As a result, states like Arkansas have begun adopting laws requiring abortion clinics to follow the FDA’s protocols when administering abortion drugs like RU-486. That’s what Act 577 of 2015 championed by Rep. Charlene Fite and Senator Linda Collins-Smith did.

In response to these laws, it seems, the FDA has decided to change its protocols to make it easier to dispense RU-486.

Under the old protocols, drugs like RU-486 could be given up to the seventh week of pregnancy, and each round of drugs had to be given to the woman under the supervision of the doctor. Under the new protocols, RU-486 can be given up to the tenth week of pregnancy, and the drugs can be sent home with the woman for her to take on her own.

RU-486 operates in two doses. Each woman is given two sets of drugs that kill and expel her unborn baby; the drugs effectively trigger a miscarriage that many have described as terribly painful and that research indicates is prone to complications.

Under the FDA’s new protocols, a woman who is some two and a half months pregnant will be given abortion-inducing drugs and sent home to take the drugs and miscarry her unborn child. It’s a chilling prospect.

This rule change helps abortion clinics, who now can sell abortion drugs to more women more easily—and later in pregnancy—than they could under the original FDA protocols. However, it hurts women who now are going to be subject to unsafe abortion practices with the FDA’s full approval, and it contributes to the deaths of innocent, unborn children killed in abortion.

The FDA needs to reconsider the course it is charting with this rule change. Coming from an agency charged with protecting public health, this decision is very troubling.

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See Franklin Graham in Little Rock on April 12

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Franklin Graham–son of Billy Graham–is coming to Little Rock this April, and you are invited to hear and pray with him.

Graham has launched a state-by-state tour called the Decision America Tour. The goal is to hold meetings in each state to pray for our nation.

We are helping the team at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association invite people to attend the prayer rally in Little Rock this April. I hope you and your church will plan on attending the rally and help us get the word out to your friends and neighbors.

Franklin Graham and his team will be at the Arkansas Capitol Building in Little Rock to pray for America at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, April 12. You can find additional details here.

If you are a leader in your church, we have special resources you can use to promote this prayer rally in your congregation.

You can download and print copies of a special insert to place in your church bulletins. Simply click here to download.

You can download and print copies of a special poster promoting the event. Simply click here to download.

You also can download promotional videos to share in your church or Sunday school class:
Click here to download the 15-second video.
Click here to download the 30-second video.
Click here to download the 93-second video.

Ronald Reagan once said that if we ever forget we are one nation under God, we will be a nation gone under. These prayer rallies are an excellent opportunity to pause to pray that God will bless and restore our nation. I hope you will commit to pray for America–and I hope you will be able to join us in Little Rock on April 12.

Please promote this upcoming meeting as much as possible in your church–and let us know if you have any questions or if there is anything we can do for you.

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Pastors Day at the Capitol Coming in April

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DSC_4853Pastors Day at the State Capitol
April 27, 2016
Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda
8:30 a.m.-Noon

An exciting, free, nonpartisan event for pastors, their spouses, and all other church leaders!

Light breakfast, and lunch provided!

Imagine the echo of Amazing Grace—the prayers of godly men and women—the Gospel openly proclaimed in Arkansas’ most prominent place—the State Capitol Building!

You can be salt and light by joining hundreds of pastors from all over Arkansas in the State Capitol Rotunda from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on April 27th for PASTORS DAY AT THE CAPITOL. This nonpartisan event will focus on worshiping God, praying for our leaders, ministering to those in authority, fostering better relationships between you and your legislators, practicing responsible citizenship, and learning how your congregation can do the same. Be encouraged, empowered, inspired, and informed.

  • Be a witness for Jesus Christ through prayer, praise, and worship in the Capitol Rotunda.
  • Fellowship with like-minded pastors from all over Arkansas.
  • See lawmakers debate bills and pass laws, and learn how the legislative process really works.
  • Tour the State Capitol Building.
  • Learn how you and your church can fulfill the biblical mandate to pray for those in authority.
  • Get to know some of Arkansas’ leading policy makers.
  • Meet Governor Asa Hutchinson, your state legislators, and other high-ranking state officials.

Agenda

 8:30 Meet and greet fellowship over a light breakfast with special guest Governor Asa Hutchinson.

9:00 Join with hundreds of pastors and elected officials for a prayer and praise service right in the rotunda of the State Capitol. What better place for a worship service!

 9:45 Assemble on the front steps of the Capitol for a huge group photo of all the pastors and church leaders along with our elected officials.

 10:00 Choose a breakout session. Visit a legislative committee hearing, tour the capitol, learn how a bill becomes law, go on a prayer walk around the Capitol, or go with experienced leaders to stop by various state offices to pray for whomever God directs. If you’re more “free-spirited,” you can launch out on your own and let God guide you in being a witness in the most important place in Arkansas—the State Capitol.

 11:30 Lunch will be provided. This will be a great opportunity for you to visit with your state representative and state senator in the Capitol Rotunda. Tours and a few activities may last until 2 p.m., but feel free to leave after lunch if you need to get back to your church for Wednesday services or other obligations.

Our State Capitol needs a godly influence.  Pastors, their spouses, and other church leaders can bring this life-giving influence!  You can be a part of this historic event.  Please join God’s people at the Arkansas State Capitol on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. To register for this FREE event, click here or call 501-375-7000. 

We will register you and your group if you email us the name, address, and phone number of every member of your group. Contact:  Charisse@FamilyCouncil.org   Pastors, spouses, and other church leaders are welcome!

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