Conway Gets Arkansas’ Fifth Safe Haven Baby Box

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On Wednesday pro-lifers in Conway unveiled Arkansas’ fifth Safe Haven Baby Box. The box is located at Central Fire Station #1.

Arkansas’ Safe Haven Act of 2001 lets a woman surrender her newborn baby to law enforcement, medical personnel, and first responders. The law gives women an option besides abortion.

Similar laws are on the books in all 50 states.

Safe Haven Baby Boxes installed at fire stations let women surrender an infant safely and anonymously using a specialized, hospital-grade bassinet designed to keep the baby secure while notifying the first responders inside the fire station that the baby is there.

There are currently 75 Safe Haven Baby Boxes in operation nationwide — including five in Arkansas.

Since June of 2019, Arkansas Right to Life has promoted Arkansas’ Safe Haven Act and the Safe Haven Baby Boxes through a billboard campaign.

So far, billboards have been placed in 21 counties. Arkansas Right to Life’s goal is to place billboards in all 75 counties in the state.

Arkansas Right to Life reports that future Safe Haven Baby Boxes are planned for Maumelle, Fort Smith, El Dorado, and Rogers.

Safe Haven Baby Boxes are amazing pieces of pro-life technology. It’s good to see communities like Conway continue to make them available to Arkansans.

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Louisiana Passes Abortion Pill Reversal Law Similar to Arkansas’

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Recently pro-lifers in Louisiana passed a law addressing abortion pill reversal in their state.

The law is similar to legislation that Arkansas passed in 2015 and 2019, and it is slated to take effect in Louisiana on August 1.

The RU-486 chemical abortion regimen uses two pills to poison and expel the unborn child. Research indicates that if a woman takes the hormone progesterone after receiving the first RU-486 pill, the progesterone can counteract the abortion drug and save the baby’s life.

A 2018 study concluded that chemical abortions could be reversed 64% – 68% of the time using this method — with no apparent risk of birth defects.

This process has been used to save the lives of hundreds of unborn babies whose mothers regretted their abortions after taking the abortion pill.

In 2015 Arkansas passed an informed-consent law requiring abortion clinics to tell women that chemical abortion can be reversed, but that time is of the essence. Act 522 of 2019 improved upon this good provision in state law.

Louisiana’s new pro-life law is very similar to the legislation that Arkansas enacted in 2015 and 2019. Just like Arkansas’ laws, it requires abortionists to give women information about abortion pill reversal.

This is another example of states continuing to fight abortion through good, pro-life legislation.

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Business Interests File Brief Opposing Protections for Children in Arkansas

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On Friday six business organizations filed an amicus brief opposing Arkansas’ Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act in federal court.

The business interests are:

  • LiveRamp Holdings
  • Acxiom
  • Kinesso
  • The Northwest Arkansas Council
  • The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
  • The Walton Family Foundation

The SAFE Act is a 2021 law that protects children in Arkansas from sex-reassignment procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones.

It’s a very good law that passed with strong support from the Arkansas Legislature.

Researchers do not know the long term effects puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones can have on kids. That is why many experts agree that giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children is experimental, at best.

That’s also why a major hospital in Sweden announced earlier this year that it would no longer administer puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children.

However, the ACLU and others filed a lawsuit to block the State of Arkansas from enforcing the SAFE Act, and now half a dozen business interests have decided to oppose the law as well.

It’s unfortunate that these business interests oppose a law that protects children from sex-reassignment procedures, but it isn’t entirely surprising either.

During the 2021 legislative session the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Walmart opposed legislation protecting healthcare workers’ rights of conscience. Walmart’s CEO even wrote a letter to Governor Hutchinson expressing his opposition to that legislation.

In April the Walton Family Foundation issued statements criticizing the SAFE Act.

And in June the Walton Family Foundation announced plans to award $1 million in grant money to pro-LGBT groups in Arkansas. The money could go to groups like Planned Parenthood, the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU, and others.

Unfortunately this amicus brief against the SAFE Act seems to be another example of the State Chamber of Commerce, the Walton family, and other business interests pushing a radically progressive agenda in Arkansas. However, the Arkansas Attorney General’s office is fighting back, and we believe that federal courts will uphold this good law that protects children.

You can read the amicus brief against the SAFE Act here.

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