The Arkansas Legislature convened its 2024 fiscal session on Wednesday.
Lawmakers have pre-filed 142 budget measures ahead of this session — the vast majority of which simply appropriate funds for state agencies in the coming 2025 fiscal year.
One of Family Council’s goals for the 2024 budget session is to work with lawmakers to secure an appropriation that will provide funding for pro-life pregnancy resource centers in the state.
In 2022 we worked with the legislature and the governor to secure $1 million in funding for pregnancy centers. We did the same thing last year as well.
This funding has gone to good organizations across the state that give women and families real assistance when faced with an unplanned pregnancy.
Since the 2022 Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade, state legislatures around the country have ramped up state funding for pregnancy help organizations, and Arkansas risks lagging behind other states if we don’t provide adequate funding for these organizations.
More than 50 pregnancy help organizations serve thousands of women in Arkansas. Providing them with assistance from state-funded grants enables them to do even more in our state.
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