Planned Parenthood to Open Abortion Facility Strategically Located Near Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma Borders

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On May 14, Planned Parenthood Great Plains announced it intends to open an abortion facility less than 90 minutes from Northwest Arkansas this fall.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest performer of abortions. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision reversing Roe v. Wade, Arkansas began enforcing its pro-life laws prohibiting abortion except to save the life of the mother — prompting Planned Parenthood to stop aborting unborn children in Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood’s new facility reportedly will be located in Pittsburg, Kansas, where it will perform chemical abortions using the RU-486 regimen and surgical abortions that dismember the unborn child.

Some 405 women from Arkansas had abortions in Kansas during 2022. Right now, abortion facilities in Kansas are primarily concentrated in the northeast and central areas of the state. Opening a facility in southeast Kansas — near the borders with Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri — will make it easier for Planned Parenthood to promote abortion to women from out of state.

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.

The State of Arkansas recently voted to award $2 million in grants to pregnancy-help organizations for the 2024-2025 budget cycle. That money is going to help a lot of women and children in the coming months.

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

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Federal Government Accepting Public Comments on Marijuana Rescheduling

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The federal government is accepting public comments on its proposal to redesignate marijuana as a Schedule III Controlled Substance — which would put marijuana in the same category as anabolic steroids or Tylenol with Codeine.

the rule change would not legalize marijuana outright, but it could create more confusion about marijuana’s legal status and make it much easier for people to grow and use marijuana.

The push to reschedule marijuana comes despite growing evidence of marijuana’s serious — and permanent — impact on physical and mental health.

A growing body of scientific evidence reveals that marijuana is harmful — especially for teens and young adults. 

Nationwide, since 2019, the number of kids diagnosed with cannabis-induced mental disorders, including schizophrenia and psychotic episodes, has increased by 50%.

And research has shown time and again that marijuana has a significant potential for dependence and abuse.

All of that means that reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III substance is more than just bureaucratic tinkering.

Christians understand that human beings were made for a higher purpose than getting high, and scientific evidence continues to underscore the harm that marijuana causes to individuals, families, and communities.

Family Council intends to submit public comments opposing the proposal to reclassify marijuana before the July 22 deadline.

You can click here to submit a comment concerning the proposal to reschedule marijuana.

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

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Louisiana Legislature Upholds Life and Women’s Health: Guest Column

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The Louisiana state legislature has passed a bill that would add mifepristone and misoprostol, the two pills in the chemical abortion regimen, to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances. The law, which passed the legislature 69-24, would require that pills for chemical abortion be stored in special facilities and doctors to have a special license to prescribe them.  

Abortion activists have responded to the bill by claiming that this will lead to significant harm. However, the opposite is true. Passing this bill will save the lives of countless preborn children and preserve women’s health. 

Activists claim chemical abortion is a safe choice for women, but the FDA’s own label notes that approximately 1 in 25 women who take the drugs have an emergency room visit. Other studies have found that one in five women who take the pill report an adverse event, and that rates of complications are four times higher for chemical abortion than with surgical abortion. 

The truth about chemical abortion is available. And it’s not good. 

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