AR Pro-Abortion Group Encourages Supporters to “Smash Away” Feelings, Fund Abortion at Weekend Event
A pro-abortion group is inviting its supporters to come “smash away your feelings” and “fund abortion” at an event in Little Rock later this month.
In a promotional email obtained by Family Council, Arkansas Abortion Support Network writes,
Do you need to get some aggression out? Do you like funding abortion? Have we got a deal for you!
Join us for Smash-A-Thon on Saturday, May 27th! We’ll have dishes, glasses, bottles, maybe some electronics, and a CAR that you can smash, break, and destroy. We’ll provide all smashing implements and safety gear. You bring your rage, some enthusiasm for smashing, and a desire to fund abortion.
A registration web page for the event advertises, “Fund Abortion. Build Power. Smash the Patriarchy.”
The event is part of the National Network of Abortion Funds’ annual Fund-A-Thon, and will take place on Office Park Drive in Little Rock — across the street from what used to be a surgical abortion facility. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, the abortion facility closed, and Arkansas Abortion Support Network began utilizing the location.
Arkansas Abortion Support Network refers women to abortion facilities in other states. The group’s website promotes information about “self-managed” abortions via abortion-inducing drugs, and historically has lobbied against pro-life legislation at the Arkansas Capitol.
All of this underscores what we have said in the past: It’s important to prohibit abortion through legislation, but we need to work to eliminate the demand for abortion as well.
One way Arkansans can do that is by supporting pro-life organizations that empower women with real options besides abortion.
Arkansas is home to more than 60 organizations that assist pregnant women — including some 45 pregnancy resource centers that help women with unplanned pregnancies.
As we recently noted, the State of Arkansas is nearly finished awarding $1 million in grants to pregnancy-help organizations for the 2022-2023 budget cycle and is set to provide additional funding in the coming months. That money is going to help a lot of women and children in Arkansas.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Hurts Unborn Children: New Study
A study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers In Pediatrics found marijuana use during pregnancy could decrease a newborn’s birthweight by approximately one-third of a pound.
Decreased birthweight is associated with health problems and developmental delays as children mature.
The study also found newborns exposed to marijuana in utero suffered from smaller head circumference. Smaller head circumference could indicate inadequate brain development during pregnancy.
Researchers analyzed medical records from 109 pregnant women who delivered at an obstetrics clinic at Central Michigan’s College of Medicine. Marijuana use was medically verified. This data was compared with the information of 171 women who did not use marijuana and served as the control group.
Contrary to popular belief, marijuana use is not a harmless recreational activity. The risks to fetal development — including low birth weight and impaired brain development — underscore that fact.
And this actually is not the first study to suggest that marijuana use during pregnancy may pose serious risks for unborn children.
A 2021 study out of California found infants were 35% more likely to die within a year of birth if their mother used marijuana heavily, and that infants were more likely to be born preterm, have a low birth weight, and be small for their gestational age.
Besides harming unborn children, marijuana use can impair cognitive function, memory, and attention — especially for teens and young adults.
Research also indicates marijuana use may affect coordination and motor skills — potentially increasing the risk of accidents and injuries.
Marijuana use is scientifically linked to heart diseases, according to the American Heart Association.
A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found adults under age 45 who frequently use marijuana are roughly twice as likely to suffer from a heart attack as adults who do not use marijuana.
Smoking marijuana on a regular basis is associated with chronic cough and phlegm production. The American Lung Association writes simply that, “Smoking marijuana clearly damages the human lung.”
An NIH study published this year found young men who use marijuana heavily are at an increased risk of developing schizophrenia.
A 2022 study published in The Lancet determined that using marijuana with high levels of THC was linked to an increased risk of psychosis.
A 2021 report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found self-harm rates rose 46% among men ages 21 to 39 in states where commercial marijuana sales were legalized.
A 2019 study published in The Lancet found using marijuana with THC levels exceeding 10% increased the odds of a person suffering a psychotic episode.
The list goes on and one.
All of this underscores what we have said for years: Marijuana may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.