New Bill Prohibits Abortions Performed Due to the Baby’s Sex

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Rep. Charlie Collins (R-Fayetteville) and Sen. Missy Irvin (R-Mountain View) have filed a bill prohibiting abortions performed due to the baby’s sex.

H.B. 1434 requires a doctor performing an abortion to first ask the woman if she know’s the baby’s sex, and inform her it is illegal to perform an abortion based on the baby’s sex.

According to our research, eight states currently have laws prohibiting sex-selection abortions:

  • Illinois
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Arizona
  • Kansas
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota

Pennsylvania’s and Illinois’ laws have been on the books since the 1980’s. Arizona’s law passed in 2011, and it has survived multiple court challenges.

In some countries and cultures, unborn girls are more likely to be aborted than unborn boys. No baby should be killed because of his or her sex. H.B. 1434 is a good bill that reinforces the sanctity of human life and the dignity of unborn children.

You can read the bill here.

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Pro-Life Bill Headed to Governor’s Desk

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Yesterday the Arkansas Senate passed H.B. 1032, the Dismemberment Abortion Ban.

H.B. 1032 generally prohibits D&E and sharp curettage abortion procedures in which a living, unborn baby is violently dismembered.

Below is a breakdown of the vote.

Voted for H.B. 1032:

Bledsoe Caldwell E. Cheatham A. Clark Collins-Smith J. Dismang
L. Eads J. English Flippo T. Garner J. Hendren Hester
Hickey J. Hutchinson Irvin B. Johnson Maloch Rapert
Rice B. Sample D. Sanders G. Stubblefield Teague D. Wallace
E. Williams

Voted Against H.B. 1032:

Bond L. Chesterfield Elliott S. Flowers K. Ingram U. Lindsey

 

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Arkansas House Passes Dismemberment Abortion Ban

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This afternoon the Arkansas House of Representatives passed a good, pro-life bill that bans some abortion procedures.

H.B. 1032 generally prohibits D&E and sharp curettage abortion procedures in which a living, unborn baby is violently dismembered. The bill passed the House Public Health Committee last week. Today it was passed by the entire House of Representatives.

From here the bill will go to the Arkansas Senate. You can read the text of H.B. 1032 here.

Below is a breakdown of how the Arkansas House of Representatives voted.

Voted For H.B. 1032 (78 Representatives):

Ballinger Baltz Barker Beck Bentley Boyd
Bragg Branscum Brown Capp Cavenaugh Coleman
Collins Cozart Dalby Davis Deffenbaugh Della Rosa
Dotson D. Douglas C. Douglas Drown Eaves Eubanks
Farrer L. Fite Fortner Gates Gazaway Gonzales
M. Gray Hammer Henderson K. Hendren Hillman G. Hodges
Holcomb Hollowell House Jean Jett Ladyman
Lemons Lowery Lundstrum Lynch Maddox Magie
A. Mayberry McCollum McElroy McNair D. Meeks S. Meeks
Miller Peyton Penzo Petty Pilkington Pitsch
Richey Richmond Rushing Rye Shepherd B. Smith
Sorvillo Speaks Sturch Sullivan Tosh Vaught
Wardlaw Warren Watson J. Williams Wing Womack

Voted Against H.B. 1032 (10 Representatives):

Blake D. Ferguson V. Flowers M.J. Gray Love Nicks
Sabin Tucker Walker D. Whitaker

Voted “Present” (2 Representatives):

Burch M. Hodges

Did Not Vote (10 Representatives):

F. Allen E. Armstrong K. Ferguson Fielding C. Fite Johnson
Leding G. McGill Murdock Mr. Speaker

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