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Updated: COVID-19 Recommendations for Churches

Mar 26, 2020Jerry CoxArkansas, Religious FreedomCoronavirus, COVID-19, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

This afternoon Arkansas’ Secretary of Health and Governor Asa Hutchinson’s office issued a new health directive generally prohibiting gatherings of more than 10 people.

You can read the directive here.

The directive does not apply to places of worship, like churches.

That means that churches are allowed to meet.

However, to help slow the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), the state strongly encourages churches to limit person-to-person contact at their meetings and help churchgoers practice social distancing of six or more feet.

Our friends at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. have put together a list of ideas and resources for churches in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Family Research Council offers a list of ways that churches can meet and stay connected with each other without taking unwise risks or exposing people to the coronavirus.

Their ideas and resources include ways churches can gather, serve, and stay informed as the outbreak unfolds.

They also offer prayer requests for our nation and legal resources for churches.

You can download Family Research Council’s ideas and resources for churches here.

Arkansas Abortion Facilities Remain Open Despite Coronavirus Outbreak

Mar 26, 2020Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

While the coronavirus outbreak has caused schools and businesses to close, Arkansas’ abortion facilities are still open.

Little Rock Family Planning Services — Arkansas’ only freestanding surgical abortion facility — shows on its website that its facility will continue to be open two to three days a week.

The website for Planned Parenthood’s facility in Little Rock shows that it will continue to be open on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

And this week Planned Parenthood Federation issued a statement on Twitter saying,

“Abortion is an essential and time-sensitive medical procedure — and it must remain so during this public health crisis. Delays or additional barriers to care can make it more difficult or even impossible for patients to access safe, legal abortion.”

While many doctors have closed their clinics or drastically reworked their schedules to help fight the spread of coronavirus, America’s abortionists appear to be doubling down.

Photo Credit: Planned Parenthood Sticker by dogra on Flickr.