Abortion Volunteers Prevent Women From Receiving Pro-Life Material Outside Little Rock Facility

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Surveillance video footage seems to show pro-abortion volunteers blocking pro-lifers from sharing information with women outside Little Rock Family Planning Services — Arkansas’ only surgical abortion facility.

The video footage was obtained from the Little Rock Police Department via the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

In one clip from Thursday, June 2, a pro-life volunteer can be seen handing material to a passenger inside a vehicle at the facility.

A few seconds later, the video appears to show a pro-abortion volunteer taking the material away from the passenger before directing the vehicle into the abortion facility’s parking lot.

Family Council staff spoke with a source familiar with the situation who said the material contained information about options besides abortion.

You can watch that video clip below.

In other surveillance video footage from Friday, June 3, 2022, a pro-abortion volunteer can be seen hurrying to direct vehicles past pro-lifers outside the facility before walking back onto the abortion facility’s property.

These efforts appear to be intended to prevent pro-lifers from communicating with women at the abortion facility.

You can see some of those video clips below.

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Arkansas’ informed-consent laws require that women be given all the facts about abortion — including its risks, consequences, and alternatives — and pro-lifers work very hard to let women know that they have options besides abortion.

Unfortunately, these surveillance videos seem to indicate that volunteers for the abortion facility in Little Rock don’t want women to know about those options.

In May, Family Council received video of pro-abortion volunteers using loud music and umbrellas to block pro-lifers from engaging in outreach outside Little Rock Family Planning Services.

Additionally, Little Rock Police have documented multiple incidents outside the surgical abortion facility in over the years, and recently placed a mobile surveillance tower near the facility to deter criminal behavior.

Every day that Little Rock Family Planning Services is open for business, pro-lifers gather for peaceful prayer and to talk with women about pro-life alternatives to abortion. Multiple unborn children have been saved from abortion because of their ministry.

Some pro-life groups estimate the “no-show” rate for abortion appointments can go to as high as 75% when people pray in front of an abortion facility.

The fact that pro-abortion volunteers would want stop pro-lifers from making contact with women at the abortion facility speaks volumes about how effective this pro-life ministry is.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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Pro-LGBT Children’s Books at Public Libraries in Arkansas

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As Family Council has written before, pro-LGBT children’s books have made their way into public libraries in Arkansas.

For example, the Central Arkansas Library System has Rainbow: A First Book of Pride and ‘Twas the Night Before Pride at some of its locations.

Other books like What Are Your Words? and Jack (Not Jackie) promote transgender behavior to children.

According to information published online, these pro-LGBT books are intended for kids in pre-school and early elementary school. That’s simply inappropriate.

So what can families do if they find pro-LGBT children’s books in their libraries?

Communities can take steps to remove objectionable material from their local libraries.

Library boards and librarians have leeway to establish selection criteria and make decisions about the kinds of material available on the library’s shelves.

Library patrons generally can use a Material Reconsideration Form to ask libraries to remove inappropriate material.

And voters can call on their elected officials to enact laws protecting children from objectionable material in public libraries.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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Family Council Joins Amicus Brief Filed With U.S. Supreme Court

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Last week Family Council joined 14 other pro-family organizations from across the country in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.

The brief is part of an important lawsuit regarding free speech and religious liberty.

The case — 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis — has to do with a Colorado graphic designer named Lorie Smith. Lorie believes that marriage ought to be the union of one man and one woman, but the state is requiring Lorie to create designs that violate her beliefs about marriage.

The situation similar to Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ case from a few years ago.

Lorie’s case is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nobody should be forced to say something they don’t believe is true. Everyone should be free to say what they believe without fear of government punishment. Free speech, the free exercise of religion, and rights of conscience are woven into the very fabric of our nation.

That is part of the reason why Family Council chose to join other pro-family groups in filing an amicus brief in support of Lorie before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The amicus brief notes,

In this case, there is no real question that the petitioner, Lorie Smith, is engaged in speech. She’s a graphic artist, and the court below clearly and unequivocally stated that her “creation of wedding websites was pure speech.” Instead, the question is when and whether a state’s nondiscrimination law can overpower Ms. Smith’s rights of conscience and force her to say things she does not believe. . . .

For this artist, a same-sex union does not represent God’s plan for marriage, and it is thus wrong for her to lend her talents to celebrate a union that her religious beliefs reject. She does not refuse to serve gay customers. She only refuses to use her talents to celebrate or transmit messages that she finds morally objectionable.

The brief goes on to outline past court rulings that affirmed free speech and rights of conscience — and how those rulings should protect Lorie’s right to live and operate her business according to her convictions.

In America, you shouldn’t have to give up your freedoms in order to make a living. Lorie should be able to run her graphic design business without having to violate her conscience.

If the U.S. Supreme Court upholds Lorie’s rights, that’s good for everyone.

Oral arguments in the 303 Creative case are expected sometime this fall, and the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling sometime after that.

You can read a copy of the amicus brief Family Council joined here.

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