40 Days for Life: Ambulance at Little Rock Abortion Facility

Recently we wrote about an ambulance and a hearse seen at the surgical abortion facility in Little Rock.

The incident was witnessed by volunteers praying outside the facility as part of 40 Days for Life.

Today, 40 Days for Life shared more information about the incident, writing,

Marsha and Sharon could tell something was up when abortion workers scrambled to move their cars away from the abortion facility’s back door.

Before long, an abortion client was loaded into an ambulance.

Earlier that morning, vigil participants warned the man who accompanied the woman to the abortion facility that abortion is not safe for the mom, but he made it clear he wasn’t interested in talking.

Please keep this mother and child in prayer!

We have written repeatedly about ambulances at abortion facilities in Little Rock and elsewhere.

Abortion takes the life of an unborn child, and it carries serious health risks for women.

That’s why Arkansas has passed several laws that protect women from unsafe abortion practices and help give women real options besides abortion. Unfortunately, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have challenged some of these good laws in court.

However, Arkansas is fighting back against these lawsuits.

Most Arkansans believe abortion ought to be completely illegal or legal only under certain circumstances.

Slowly but surely we are winning the fight to protect unborn children in Arkansas.

Courts Wait for SCOTUS Before Ruling on State Pro-Life Law

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals won’t decide the fate of a group of pro-life laws from Arkansas until after the U.S. Supreme issues what could be a landmark decision this summer, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

In 2017 the Arkansas Legislature passed bills:

  • Prohibiting dismemberment abortion
  • Prohibiting abortions performed solely because of the baby’s sex
  • Requiring reporting of abortions performed on young girls
  • Requiring aborted babies to be respectfully buried or cremated rather than incinerated or sold to research companies

Pro-abortion groups sued the state to have these laws overturned.

You can read a breakdown of the legal arguments about these laws here.

After being tied up in court for nearly three years, the Eighth Circuit has indicated it will not rule on Arkansas’ pro-life laws until after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in June Medical Services v. Russo.

The June Medical Services case has to do with abortion legislation in Louisiana.

Many believe the court’s decision in the case may chip away at past abortion rulings like Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and even Roe v. Wade.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case earlier this month, and will issue an opinion sometime this spring or summer.

If the court upholds Louisiana’s pro-life laws, then Arkansas’ pro-life laws should stand.

If the court strikes down Louisiana’s pro-life laws, Arkansas’ laws could still be upheld, but the courts may not be as favorable to them.