Virginia’s state House and Senate are weighing two pro-life bills.
The first bill requires doctors conduct an ultrasound, allowing a woman to see her unborn baby before having an abortion. This is very similar to legislation sponsored last year that would have required doctors to allow a woman to listen to her baby’s heartbeat before performing an abortion.
The second bill states that life begins at conception.
Michael Cook was Chief of Staff for former Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter until Halter’s failed U.S. Senate candidacy. He now writes a column for Talk Business.
Mr. Cook published a blog post this week encouraging Democratic candidates not to fill out the Arkansas Voter’s Guide survey we send every election year. The reason? Mr. Cook says Family Council is nothing more than an arm of the Republican Party of Arkansas.
Four years ago, Arkansans approved a ballot issue authorizing the Arkansas Legislature to meet every year instead of every other year.
The idea was that lawmakers would use sessions during odd-number years to pass legislation and outline fiscal policy, and meet during the even-number years (like this year) to focus exclusively on the state’s budget and make fiscal appropriations. The past two years, that has worked just fine. This year, however, things are a little different.