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Come to a Baby Shower This Saturday for Child Saved From Abortion

Apr 20, 2021Jerry CoxAbortion40 Days for Life, Abortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The following is an announcement from our friends at 40 Days for Life in Little Rock:

The Little Rock group of 40 Days for Life is hosting a baby shower on April 24 for one of the moms who chose life at our vigil this past fall. Here’s the details!
We will be outside of the Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center (#2 Office Park Drive, Little Rock, AR 72211) from 2:30pm-3:30pm. I will bring a canopy in case of wet weather.
The baby is a girl, so little girl clothes as well as diapers and wipes or gift cards would be most helpful.
This will be a ‘drop-in/drive-by’ shower, not the ‘stay and play games’ type.
Let’s have a great time blessing this mom and her little one!

Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill Restricting Abortion Facilities

Apr 20, 2021Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Arkansas Legislature, Life, Pro-life

On Tuesday the Arkansas House of Representatives passed S.B. 388.

This good bill by Sen. Charles Beckham (R – McNeil) and Rep. Joe Cloud (R – Russellville) requires any facility that performs abortions to be licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health as an abortion facility.

S.B. 388 also prohibits abortions in hospitals except in cases of medical emergency.

The bill previously passed the Arkansas Senate with strong support.

Under current law, clinics are not required to be licensed or inspected as abortion facilities unless they perform more than ten abortions in a month.

That means that a clinic potentially could perform upwards of 100 or more abortions per year without being licensed or inspected by the State of Arkansas as an abortion facility.

S.B. 388 addresses this loophole in Arkansas law.

This bill will make it easier for the Arkansas Department of Health to enforce the good, pro-life laws that lawmakers have implemented over the years. It will ensure that every clinic that performs abortions is licensed and inspected, and that Arkansas’ laws against abortion are properly followed.

S.B. 388 will make it easier for the Arkansas Department of Health to identify and shutdown facilities performing occasional abortions if the facilities aren’t complying with Arkansas’ other pro-life laws.

This is a really good bill. It now goes to the governor to become law.

Arkansas Legislature Passes Measure to Help Keep Planned Parenthood Out of Public Schools

Apr 20, 2021Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

*Sen. Ballinger presents H.B. 1592 on the floor of the Senate.*

On Monday the Arkansas Senate passed H.B. 1592.

This good bill by Rep. Mark Lowery (R – Maumelle) prohibits public schools in Arkansas from engaging in transactions with abortion providers. It previously passed the Arkansas House of Representatives.

In March, Family Council obtained nearly 1,400 pages of documents that revealed how Planned Parenthood has worked in public schools in Pulaski County for several years.

H.B. 1592 will help make sure Planned Parenthood and other abortionists don’t access Arkansas’ public schools.

The bill now goes to the governor to become law. Below is a breakdown of the vote on H.B. 1592.