Photos from Around the Arkansas Legislature
Rep Bob Ballinger presented a bill before the House Public Health Committee that allows a pregnant woman to use deadly force in defending her unborn child from an attack. The bill passed on a voice vote.
Photos From This Week’s Pastors Prayer Meeting
On Tuesday, February 19, Family Council hosted its second Pastors Prayer Assembly at the State Capitol in Little Rock. This is an opportunity for pastors to minister to lawmakers through prayer and fellowship. See pictures below.
Jerry Cox discusses ministry opportunities with a group of pastors from the Mountain Home area during breakfast at the State Capitol.
NY Hospital Ends Forced Abortion-Participation Policy
Nurses at New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital will no longer be forced to participate in abortions if doing so violates their convictions.
This change in policy follows a request from Alliance Defending Freedom submitted to HHS Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a Mt. Sinai nurse and a lawsuit filed against the hospital. In 2009, nurse Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo was forced to participate in an abortion despite her religious objections to the procedure.