On Tuesday the House Public Health Committee defeated a bill that would weaken the state’s pro-life laws.
H.B. 1301 by Rep. Nicole Clowney (D – Fayetteville) would legalize abortion in cases of “fetal abnormality incompatible with life.”
Now that Roe v. Wade has been reversed, abortion is prohibited in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother. H.B. 1301 would undermine Arkansas’ good, pro-life laws.
Among other things, the bill does not define what is or is not a “fetal abnormality.” It is not clear how a federal judge might interpret this language.
Unborn children should not be aborted simply because a doctor thinks they may be at risk for a fetal abnormality.
That is part of the reason why Family Council strongly opposed this bill.
Arkansas Right to Life, Family Council, and many pro-lifers came out against H.B. 1301 at the legislature on Tuesday.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who took time to help stop this bad bill at the Arkansas Legislature, and we want to thank the members of the House Public Health Committee for upholding the state’s good, pro-life laws that are saving the lives of unborn children.
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