Pro-Lifers Working to Place Pregnancy Resource Centers Next to Both Planned Parenthood Facilities in Arkansas

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Planned Parenthood’s facility in Little Rock.

Pro-lifers in Arkansas are working to place pregnancy resource centers next door to both of Arkansas’ Planned Parenthood facilities.

In an email, Toni — the 40 Days for Life coordinator in Little Rock — reports that Caring Hearts Pregnancy Center is working to convert a dentist office into a pregnancy center next door to Planned Parenthood’s Little Rock abortion facility.

She says that mothers soon will be able to go to that location for free ultrasounds and resources that can help them choose options besides abortion.

In Northwest Arkansas, Loving Choices Pregnancy Centers is working to acquire a location next door to the new Planned Parenthood facility in Rogers.

Planned Parenthood’s facility in Rogers.

Planned Parenthood’s Rogers facility is opening this week.

According KHBS/KHOG, the facility will not perform abortions right away, but intends to be licensed as an abortion facility by the end of this year.

In the meantime, Planned Parenthood’s website indicates the facility will offer abortion referrals — meaning it’s important for pro-lifers to be available to minister to women outside that facility.

Planned Parenthood operated an abortion facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for several years until its landlord reportedly opted not to renew the abortion giant’s lease in the summer of 2019.

That same year, Planned Parenthood moved its Little Rock abortion facility across town, opening in a former foot and ankle clinic in west Little Rock.

Despite the fact that Planned Parenthood is unveiling a new facility in Northwest Arkansas, here’s something important to remember:

Pro-lifers are on the move, working to save unborn babies and give women real options besides abortion.

Abortion in Arkansas has been in decline for years.

In 2020, Arkansas’ abortion numbers remained near historic lows, and public opinion polling shows most Arkansans believe abortion ought to be completely illegal or legal only under certain circumstances.

Slowly but surely, we’re winning the fight to protect innocent human life in Arkansas.

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Planned Parenthood Facility in Rogers Taking Appointments Ahead of Tuesday Opening

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According to Planned Parenthood’s website, the abortion giant’s facility in Rogers is taking appointments ahead of its official opening this week.

Recently Family Council learned that Planned Parenthood has worked to acquire a facility at 1222 West Poplar Street in Rogers, Arkansas, that could be used to perform abortions.

The Planned Parenthood center in Rogers is slated to open Tuesday, September 14.

Planned Parenthood has indicated the facility eventually will be used as an abortion center. However, for now the group’s website says it will offer abortion referrals.

Planned Parenthood operates chemical abortion facilities in Little Rock and in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The facility in Rogers could refer women to either of those locations for abortions.

Pro-lifers in Northwest Arkansas intend to be present at the Planned Parenthood facility when it opens on Tuesday.

They also have organized a 40 Days for Life prayer campaign that will begin on September 22, and a Life Chain event outside the facility on October 3.

And a mobile pro-life pregnancy resource center is scheduled to provide services to women outside the Planned Parenthood facility on a regular basis.

Planned Parenthood may be on the move in Northwest Arkansas — but pro-lifers are as well.

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Jackson County Declares Itself Pro-Life

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On Thursday the quorum court in Jackson County, Arkansas, adopted a resolution affirming that the county is Pro-Life.

The resolution reads,

RESOLUTION NO. 2021-8

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, STATE OF ARKANSAS, A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT JACKSON COUNTY IS A PRO-LIFE COUNTY.

WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence declares that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness; 

WHEREAS, Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution states that the policy of the State of Arkansas is to protect the life of every unborn child from conception until birth; and

WHEREAS, it is the duty of state and local governments to protect the unalienable right to life of every person within their respective jurisdictions; and

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court stated in Poelker v. Doe, 432 U.S. 519 (1977), that the United States Constitution does not forbid a local government, pursuant to democratic processes, from expressing a preference for normal childbirth instead of abortion;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, that Jackson County, Arkansas, declares itself to be a Pro-Life County, committed to the protection of all lives, including the lives of the unborn.

Jackson County is Arkansas’ latest Pro-Life County.

This year Washington, Benton, Crawford, Cleburne, and Pope counties have passed resolutions affirming that they are Pro-Life. Springdale passed a pro-life resolution in 2019, and Jonesboro is currently considering passage of a similar resolution.

Last spring the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 392 of 2021. This good law recognizes that municipalities can designate themselves as Pro-Life.

In 1977 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its Poelker v. Doe decision that communities can adopt pro-life resolutions and policies. Act 392 tracks with that supreme court decision.

Any community can pass a pro-life resolution like the ones that these municipalities have passed.

If you would like to learn more about how you can pass a pro-life resolution in your community, call the Family Council office at (501) 375-7000.

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