Family Council has big plans for 2025 in Arkansas. The state legislature will convene on January 13 — and our team plans to be there, working on more than a dozen legislative priorities. Here is a little of what we hope to accomplish in the coming year:
Abortion: Lawmakers are already planning legislation for the coming legislative session that will weaken Arkansas’ good abortion law. Unborn children who are conceived as a result of rape or incest have just as much right to live as any others. Unborn children who may be born less than perfect have as much right to be born as anyone else. We won’t stand by and let them destroy everything it took to make Arkansas the most pro-life state in the nation.
Homeschooling: Anti-homeschool lawmakers are already planning legislation for the coming legislative session that discriminates against homeschoolers by taking LEARNS Act funding away. Homeschoolers are currently eligible for these State funds and we intend to work to see them treated fairly.
Pregnancy Center Funding: The State of Arkansas currently provides $2 million per year in funding to help about 50 pregnancy centers across the state. These tax-funded grants help pregnancy centers provide pregnant women and girls with alternatives to abortion. We plan to work with Governor Sanders and lawmakers to keep this funding going.
Parental Rights and Religious Freedom: We have several bills ready for introduction that will strengthen parental rights in Arkansas. We have other bills that will strengthen the rights of churches, pastors, and businesses who refuse to participate in weddings or other activities that violate their religious beliefs.
Online Safety for Kids: We plan to work with lawmakers on bills that will require age identification and/or parental consent for minors to access social media and other online material.
Abortion and Marijuana Amendments: We need to fix Arkansas’’’ flawed petition initiative laws that enable the wealthy abortion and marijuana industries to pay people to circulate petitions for state constitutional amendments that deceive people. If they have their way, they will keep pushing amendments that will lead to the deaths of innocent unborn children and create more marijuana drug addicts. We and others successfully fought these efforts in 2024. If the laws aren’t fixed, we can expect these powerful forces to try to put their dangerous amendments on the ballot every two years.
These are just a few of our goals for 2025. You can learn more about what we hope to accomplish this year by clicking here.
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