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Hear No Evil

Jun 6, 2013JerryAbortionAbortion, Gosnell, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

Gosnell's Clinic

The following blog post is from Family Council staff member Christa Adams.

The Kermit Gosnell trial has highlighted abortion over the past few months and forced many, including media outlets, politicians and pro-choice advocates, to look at the evil that has been allowed to persist in this nation. Most have spent their lives averting their eyes and covering their ears to protect themselves from such gruesome tales, and when confronted with the grisly details they cover their mouths and refuse to speak up.

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AR Lottery: Revenue Down, Expenses Up, and Everything is Fine?

Jun 5, 2013JerryArkansas LotteryArkansas Lottery, Lottery Oversight

Earlier today Family Council staff member Ken Yang attended a meeting between lottery officials and lawmakers who are on the Lottery Oversight Committee. Below are highlights from the meeting.

With two months remaining in the lottery’s fiscal year, the lottery is $5.9 million behind in projected revenue. In other words, sales are down.
2014 net proceeds (the money that goes for scholarships) are projected at $89.5 million–millions of dollars lower than previous years.
The lottery has authorized “higher staff compensation” (i.e. “raises”) in its budget for fiscal year 2014.
MegaMillions, one of two multi-state lotteries Arkansas participates in, is going to be overhauled. In the future players can expect even worse odds than ever before on the top prizes. Too many people are winning, and the company responsible for the game thinks making it harder to win the big jackpot will cause more people to buy tickets.

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ADF: An Alarming Number of Abortions Happening on Taxpayers’ Dime

Jun 5, 2013JerryAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

According to Alliance Defending Freedom, Minnesota taxpayers are footing the bill for an alarming number of abortions:

Minnesota can only use public funds for abortions that are defined as medically necessary, but government reporting statistics clearly demonstrate that tax dollars have paid for thousands of elective abortions for indigent women, including a disproportionate number performed on African-Americans.

From 1999 through 2011, Minnesota taxpayers paid for 47,095 abortions performed on indigent women, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The data indicates that, at most, only 10,044 of these abortions were done for a “medically necessary” reason, meaning that the state paid for more than 37,000 unauthorized abortions. The statistics regarding the number of abortions performed on African-Americans also came from the Department of Health.