Abortion in Arkansas Drops for Seventh Year in a Row

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Earlier this summer the Arkansas Department of Health released its annual report on abortion in the state.

According to state records, 3,732 abortions were performed in Arkansas in 2013. That is a 1.3% decline over 2012, making 2013 the lowest year for abortion in Arkansas since 1977.

The number of abortions performed in Arkansas has dropped for seven straight years, now, and abortion has shown general decline in our state since 1992.

There are many reasons abortion in Arkansas continues to decline. A few people have suggested it is simply the result of increased access to contraception, but we are not so sure about that. Public support for abortion has waned in recent years, with more and more Americans identifying as “pro-life,” and I would think twice before writing off the shifting tide of public opinion on this issue.

Click here to read the full report from the Arkansas Department of Health.

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You Are Invited to a Free Pro-Life Event!

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carol-everettYou Are Invited to a Free Pro-Life Event with Carol Everett!

Join Family Council on Thursday, August 7, 2014 from 7:00—8:30 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church: 1 Covenant Drive, Little Rock (at the intersection of Chenal Parkway and Pride Valley in Little Rock).

Carol Everett is the author of Blood Money: Getting Rich off a Woman’s Right to Choose.

From abortion clinic operator to pro-life activist, Carol’s story demonstrates the redeeming power of Jesus Christ. As founder and president of the Heidi Group, Carol ministers to women through crisis pregnancy centers. For over 30 years, she has been a nationally-recognized authority on abortion and the pro-life movement.

Carol will give a verbal walk-through of an abortion clinic to help us understand how abortions are being sold to our youth. She will talk about how the new Texas Miracle Law is saving 40,000 babies’ lives in the first year and has closed 38 abortion clinics by protecting the lives of women.

Please contact Family Council at (501) 375-7000 for more details.

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Media Hype and Same-Sex Parenting Studies

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Recently, a study was released from Australia claiming children with same-sex parents fair better than children with heterosexual parents.

The study, however, suffers from a number of fatal flaws which John Stonestreet pointed out in a radio commentary earlier this month.

Stonestreet writes,

“The first problem is the study’s sketchy methodology which significantly biased its results. … The authors themselves admitted that they used a small non-representative sample. It is what’s known as a “convenience sample,” derived by recruiting self-motivated families in gay-themed publications. They even allowed the parents to know they were participating in a major study on the well-being of same-sex families which biases the results, and they relied on these motivated parents’ self-reports about their own children’s well-being.

“These methodological flaws are no small matter. As Stanton notes, the authors of this study (as well as in all the other studies to date) fail to appreciate that the same-sex parents being studied are fully aware that they’re participating in a study that could influence social stigma and public policy.

“This obviously creates a conflict of interest, because some of the participants will have a strong reason to be more positive in their self-reporting.”

This is a flaw very similar to one we pointed out about a recent “survey” of homosexuals in Arkansas commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign.

Listen to Stonestreet’s full radio commentary below.

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