Arkansas Senate Passes Pro-Life Ultrasound Measure

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On Monday the Arkansas Senate passed S.B. 85 with a vote of 29 to 6.

This good bill by Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R – Rogers) and Rep. Joe Cloud (R – Russellville) requires an abortionist to show an ultrasound image of the unborn baby to the pregnant woman before an abortion.

Research indicates that some women are less likely to have an abortion once they see an ultrasound image of their unborn child.

That means pro-life bills like S.B. 85 can help further decrease the number of abortions in Arkansas.

Currently, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and the Arkansas Abortion Support Network are fighting against S.B. 85.

Arkansas Right to Life is the chief proponent of S.B. 85, and we fully support their efforts. 

The bill now goes to the Arkansas House for consideration.

Below is a breakdown of how the Arkansas Senate voted on this good bill.

Voted For S.B. 85

  • Ballinger
  • Beckham
  • Bledsoe
  • Caldwell
  • Clark
  • Davis
  • Dismang
  • Eads
  • English
  • Flippo
  • Garner
  • Gilmore
  • Hammer
  • Hendren
  • Hester
  • Hickey
  • Hill
  • Irvin
  • Johnson, B.
  • Johnson, M.
  • Pitsch
  • Rapert
  • Rice
  • Sample
  • Stubblefield
  • Sturch
  • Sullivan
  • Teague
  • Wallace

Voted Against S.B. 85

  • Chesterfield
  • Elliot
  • Flowers
  • Ingram
  • Leding
  • Tucker

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Here’s How Your State Representative Voted on S.B. 6

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This week the Arkansas House of Representatives passed S.B. 6.

This good bill by Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) prohibits abortion in Arkansas except when the mother’s life is at risk.

The bill passed with 76 votes in favor of it. Nineteen representatives voted against it. One voted “Present,” and four did not vote.

Below is a breakdown of how the Arkansas House of Representatives voted on S.B. 6.

Voted For S.B. 6

  • Barker
  • Beatty Jr.
  • Beck
  • Bentley
  • S. Berry
  • M. Berry
  • Boyd
  • Bragg
  • Breaux
  • Brooks
  • Brown
  • Bryant
  • Carr
  • Cavenaugh
  • Christiansen
  • Cloud
  • Coleman
  • C. Cooper
  • Cozart
  • Crawford
  • Dalby
  • M. Davis
  • Deffenbaugh
  • Dotson
  • Eaves
  • Eubanks
  • Evans
  • C. Fite
  • L. Fite
  • Fortner
  • Furman
  • Gazaway
  • Gonzales
  • M. Gray
  • Haak
  • Hawks
  • Hillman
  • Holcomb
  • Hollowell
  • Jean
  • L. Johnson
  • Ladyman
  • Lowery
  • Lundstrum
  • Lynch
  • Maddox
  • J. Mayberry
  • McClure
  • McCollum
  • M. McElroy
  • McGrew
  • McKenzie
  • McNair
  • S. Meeks
  • Miller
  • Milligan
  • Payton
  • Penzo
  • Pilkington
  • Ray
  • Richmond
  • Rye
  • Shepherd
  • Slape
  • B. Smith
  • S. Smith
  • Speaks
  • Tosh
  • Underwood
  • Vaught
  • Wardlaw
  • Warren
  • Watson
  • Wing
  • Womack
  • Wooten

Voted Against S.B. 6

  • F. Allen
  • Clowney
  • A. Collins
  • Ennett
  • D. Ferguson
  • V. Flowers
  • D. Garner
  • Godfrey
  • M. Hodges
  • Hudson
  • Love
  • McCullough
  • Murdock
  • Nicks
  • Perry
  • Richardson
  • Scott
  • Springer
  • D. Whitaker

Voted “Present” on S.B. 6

  • Tollett

Did Not Vote

  • K. Ferguson
  • Fielding
  • Jett
  • Magie

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Arkansas House Passes Bill to Prohibit Abortion

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Rep. Bentley presents S.B. 6. before the Arkansas House of Representatives

On Wednesday the Arkansas House of Representatives passed S.B. 6.

This good bill by Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) prohibits abortion in Arkansas except when the mother’s life is at risk.

The bill applies to all abortion procedures — including surgical abortions as well chemical abortions that utilize the RU-486 abortion drug.

The bill passed with 75 votes in favor of it. Eighteen representatives voted against it.

The bill now goes to Gov. Asa Hutchinson to become law.

Family Council is incredibly pleased at the passage of this excellent piece of legislation.

If enforced, S.B. 6 would save thousands of unborn children in Arkansas every year.

If the ACLU or others challenge this law, our federal court system will have an opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade and other pro-abortion decisions.

Either way, this is an opportunity for Arkansas to be a real leader in the effort to end abortion in America.

Many people have been saying for almost fifty years that abortion should be illegal. The time has come for us to make it so.

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