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Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill to Prohibit Abortion if Roe Overturned

Feb 15, 2019Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Arkansas Legislature, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

Yesterday the Arkansas Legislature passed S.B. 149 by Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway).

This good bill prohibits abortion in Arkansas if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court or by a federal constitutional amendment.

The bill received 72 votes in the Arkansas House of Representatives yesterday, and 29 votes in the Arkansas Senate last week.

Out of 135 state legislators, only 26 lawmakers voted against the bill; eight representatives in the Arkansas House did not vote one way or the other on the bill.

You can find out how your state representative and state senator voted by looking at the information below.

Arkansas House Votes

The Following Representatives Voted For the Bill:

Barker
Beck
Bentley
Berry
Boyd
Bragg
Breaux
Brown
Capp
Cavenaugh
Christiansen
Cloud
Coleman
C. Cooper
Cozart
Crawford
A. Davis
M. Davis
Deffenbaugh
Della Rosa
Dotson
Eaves
Eubanks
Evans
C. Fite
L. Fite
Fortner
Gates
Gazaway
Gonzales
M. Gray
Hawks
Hillman
G. Hodges
Hollowell
House
Jean
Jett
L. Johnson
Kelly
Ladyman
Lowery
Lundstrum
Lynch
Maddox
J. Mayberry
McCollum
McKenzie
McNair
S. Meeks
Miller
Payton
Penzo
Petty
Richey
Richmond
Rushing
Rye
Shepherd
Slape
B. Smith
S. Smith
Sorvillo
Speaks
Sullivan
Tosh
Vaught
Wardlaw
Watson
Wing
Womack
Wooten

The Following Representatives Voted Against the Bill:

F. Allen
Blake
Burch
Clowney
A. Collins
D. Douglas
D. Ferguson
K. Ferguson
V. Flowers
D. Garner
Glover
Godfrey
Love
Magie
McCullough
Murdock
Nicks
Scott
Walker
D. Whitaker

The Following Representatives Did Not Vote:

Dalby
Fielding
M. Hodges
Holcomb
Perry
Pilkington
Richardson
Warren

Senate Votes

The Following Senator Voted For the Bill:

B. Ballinger
Bledsoe
Caldwell
E. Cheatham
A. Clark
J. Cooper
B. Davis
J. Dismang
L. Eads
J. English
Flippo
T. Garner
K. Hammer
J. Hendren
Hester
Hickey
Hill
Irvin
B. Johnson
M. Johnson
Maloch
M. Pitsch
Rapert
Rice
B. Sample
G. Stubblefield
J. Sturch
Teague
D. Wallace

The Following Senators Voted Against the Bill:

Bond
L. Chesterfield
Elliott
S. Flowers
K. Ingram
G. Leding

Committee Passes Bill to Prohibit Public Funding of Research That Kills Unborn Children

Feb 14, 2019Jerry CoxAbortion, Arkansas Capitol, BioethicsAbortion, Bioethics, Legislation, Legislature, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life, Stem Cell Research

This morning the Arkansas House Public Health Committee passed H.B. 1399 by Rep. Karilyn Brown (R – Sherwood).

This good, pro-life bill strengthens our state’s laws against human cloning. It prohibits public funding of human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

In recent years we’ve seen examples of unethical companies using unborn children for scientific research. H.B. 1399 helps address that issue by ensuring taxpayer dollars won’t be used to create and kill unborn children in the name of science or medicine.

This is a good bill that Family Council supports. Unborn children are not lab material, and state tax dollars should not be used for research that treats them as such.

This good bill will go before the Arkansas House of Representatives, where it likely will be voted on sometime next week.

You can leave a message asking your state representative to support H.B. 1399 by calling the Arkansas House of Representatives during normal business hours at (501) 682-6211.

You can read H.B. 1399 here.

Bill Filed to Prohibit Abortion After 18 Weeks

Feb 14, 2019Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Arkansas Legislature, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life


Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Elm Springs)	Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway)

This week Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Elm Springs) and Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) filed H.B. 1439 prohibiting abortion in Arkansas after the eighteenth week of pregnancy unless the mother’s life or physical health is in serious jeopardy.

Currently Arkansas law prohibits abortion after the twentieth week of pregnancy.

Medical science increasingly shows unborn children can feel pain, and studies show time and again most Americans oppose late term abortion.

We also know abortion becomes more dangerous to the woman the later in pregnancy it is performed. H.B. 1439 protects women from dangerous abortion practices.

On average, approximately 200 children are aborted in Arkansas every year during or after the eighteenth week of pregnancy. If passed, H.B. 1439 will save hundreds of unborn babies from abortion.

H.B. 1439 is a good bill that Family Council strongly supports. You can leave a message asking your state representative to support H.B. 1439 by calling the Arkansas House of Representatives at (501) 682-6211.

You can read H.B. 1439 here.