The Arkansas Legislature has passed several really good, pro-life laws this year.
In particular, legislation has passed that will protect women from dangerous chemical abortion practices in Arkansas.
Chemical abortions use the RU-486 regimen to kill the unborn child.
Since 2010, surgical abortion in Arkansas has decreased 55%, but the number of chemical abortions performed in Arkansas has risen 69%.
Since 2015, abortionists have performed 4,274 chemical abortions in Arkansas.
And in 2019, roughly two out of five abortions in Arkansas were chemical abortions.
Even though Arkansas’ overall abortion numbers sit at historic lows, chemical abortion is more common in Arkansas than ever before.
H.B. 1402 by Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R – Corning) updates Arkansas’ restrictions on abortion drugs like RU-486, and H.B. 1572 by Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Mountain Home) will help ensure women get all the facts about chemical abortion — including its risks, its consequences, and its alternatives.
Both of these bills will help address chemical abortion in Arkansas, and they will protect women and unborn children from dangerous abortion drugs.
