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Public Dollars Fund Research on Aborted Babies

Jul 23, 2015Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

Many Americans do not realize it, but Congress allocates millions of dollars each year to fund research on “human fetal tissue” including research on tissue obtained from aborted babies.

The National Institute of Health (NIH), with its Intramural Research Program, is part of the largest medical research institution on the planet. The NIH is an agent of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, and its budget is provided by Congress each year. It conducts its own medical research with that public funding, and it provides grants for other researchers as well.

So how are the NIH and other government agencies supporting research on aborted fetal remains with public dollars? Well, for a little history let’s jump back to 1993. (more…)

Updated: 41 Companies Who Support Planned Parenthood

Jul 22, 2015Jerry Cox4 CommentsAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The Daily Signal has put together a list of 41 companies who donate to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading abortion provider.

As you may know, Planned Parenthood has been at the center of controversy over, among other things, allegations it is harvesting and selling aborted fetal organs.

Here are the companies The Daily Signal lists as Planned Parenthood supporters: (more…)

A.G. Rejects Marijuana Proposals, Term Limits and Ethics Amendment

Jul 21, 2015Jerry CoxCurrent EventsArkansas Legislature, Marijuana

Yesterday Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office rejected two ballot proposals related to marijuana and a third proposal repealing Amendment 94 to the Arkansas Constitution.

Both marijuana proposals were offered by Robert Reed of Dennard. One proposal would legalize marijuana for any purpose statewide.

The other would legalize “hemp” and “medical cannabis.” The proposal distinguishes between hemp and “medical cannabis” by defining hemp as cannabis with relatively low levels of THC. The goal appears to be to legalize hemp for industrial use which we have written about before; however, even cannabis with low levels of THC might be used as a recreational drug, and presumably this measure could allow that.

You can read the A.G.’s opinions rejecting the two marijuana measures here and here.

A proposal by Tom Steele of Little Rock repealing Amendment 94 to the Arkansas Constitution was also rejected.

As you may recall, Amendment 94 was passed by voters last November as Issue 3; Issue 3 extends term limits in Arkansas, and coupled with Issue 1, which voters also passed last November, it gives the Arkansas Legislature a great deal of control over the ethics regulations that govern Arkansas’ elected officials.

Presumably, the goal of “repealing Amendment 94 to the Arkansas Constitution” is to restore Arkansas’ ethics laws and more stringent term limits laws that existed prior to 2014.

You can read the A.G.’s opinion rejecting Mr. Steele’s proposal here. You can read Amendment 94 in its entirety here.