On Friday the National Abortion Federation posted a tweet bragging about helping a woman travel from Texas to Arkansas for an abortion.
The tweet reads,
This week we talked to a person who had an appt at a clinic in TX at the end of August but couldn’t find childcare for her 4 children so she had to miss it. When she called to reschedule, SB8 was in effect. We covered the cost for her to travel to Arkansas to get an abortion.
Thanks to S.B. 8, abortions in Texas generally have stopped. However, women now are travelling to surrounding states like Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas for abortions.
Last week the Family Council staff spoke with one of the volunteers who prays outside the abortion facilities in Little Rock. Pro-life volunteers say they are seeing more out-of-state license plates at the facilities.
Arkansas enacted a long list of pro-life laws this year, but it’s important for our state to continue passing pro-life measures. Without a pro-life law like the one in Texas, Arkansas quickly could find itself exporting abortions to other states.
Above: Pro-lifers pray against abortion next door to Planned Parenthood’s new facility in Rogers.
Since Sunday, hundreds of pro-lifers have gathered at different times to pray and stand against abortion outside Planned Parenthood’s new facility in Rogers.
On Sunday an estimated 250 pro-lifers marched to the facility after church.
Above: Some 250 pro-lifers marched and prayer against abortion in Rogers on Sunday.
Planned Parenthood’s new facility in Northwest Arkansas opened for business on Tuesday.
Again, pro-lifers were present outside the location in shifts throughout the day, opposing abortion.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains has told news outlets that the Rogers facility isn’t licensed to do abortions yet, but hopes to be by the end of this year.
In the meantime, the facility is offering abortion referrals, family planning, and transgender services.
We know from experience that Planned Parenthood’s sex-education and family planning strategies simply do not work.
In the 1980s and 1990s, public officials in Arkansas promoted Planned Parenthood-style sex education. The programs failed to have a meaningful impact on teen pregnancy and abortion in Arkansas.
Even if family planning or comprehensive sex education were all Planned Parenthood had in mind for its facility in Rogers, there would be cause for concern.
Planned Parenthood operates chemical abortion facilities in Little Rock and in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Rogers facility could refer women to either of those locations for abortions.
Pro-lifers consistently prayed outside Planned Parenthood’s abortion center in Fayetteville for seven years — until the organization’s landlord opted not to renew Planned Parenthood’s lease in 2019.
Planned Parenthood is opening in Rogers, but pro-lifers are ready. The nation’s largest abortion provider says it eventually hopes to perform abortions at the new facility.
