On Monday the House City, County, and Local Affairs Committee passed a bill to help expand Pro-Life political subdivisions in Arkansas.
S.B. 446 by Sen. Joshua Bryant (R – Rogers) and Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) builds on Arkansas’ law that lets cities and counties pass Pro-Life resolutions.
Act 392 of 2021 affirms that cities and counties can designate themselves as Pro-Life. To date, nearly half of all Arkansans live in a Pro-Life City or Pro-Life County.
S.B. 446 expands this 2021 law so that any political subdivision of the state can declare itself to be Pro-Life — not just a city or a county.
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade and abortion is generally prohibited in Arkansas, citizens and their elected officials need to establish exactly where they stand when it comes to protecting innocent human life.
S.B. 446 is a good bill that will help communities do exactly that.
The bill previously passed the Arkansas Senate. S.B. 446 now goes to the entire Arkansas House of Representatives for consideration.
