Standing Strong for Life at the State Fair

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The following announcement is from our friends at Arkansas Right to Life.

The 2017 AR State Fair begins October 13th and Arkansas Right to Life will be there!

For the last 40 years our annual Pro-Life exhibit in the Hall of Industry has educated thousands of Arkansas State Fairgoers with factual information about fetal development, abortion, and our efforts to protect unborn babies from abortion and other vulnerable human beings threatened with infanticide and euthanasia.

We are a family friendly exhibit!  The fetal models are a popular draw for all ages as they marvel at the phenomal development of the unborn child. Along with our carousel of literature and educational petition drive visitiors are attracted to our display for friendly conversationsthat help to deliver the compassionate and positive pro-life message that each and every life is a gift.

When you visit the fair, please stop by and say hello!  Consider signing up as a volunteer —new volunteers are welcome and always work with a veteran volunteer.  Work a 2 or 3 hour shift — then enjoy the midway, food, livestock, and crafts for some fun at the fair.

Arkansas Right to Life volunteers will staff our pro-life booth from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct 13-21 and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct 22.  The booth is located on the north side of the Hall of Industry across from the AR Game & Fish Commission’s large Aquarium Tank.

See you at the Fair!

Photo Credit: By Johnny Kao (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Federal Court Leaves Arkansas Pro-Life Law Alone

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Today the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals announced it will not reconsider a pro-life ruling issued last July.

In 2015 the Arkansas Legislature passed the Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act sponsored by Rep. Charlene Fite (R – Van Buren). The law requires clinics performing chemical abortions to maintain a contract with a doctor who has admitting privileges at a hospital. A federal judge blocked the law last year.

In July a three-judge panel from the Eighth Circuit of Appeals reversed that judge’s order. The panel’s decision was appealed to the entire Eighth Circuit. Today the Eighth Circuit announced it would not reconsider the case, meaning the panel’s decision from July still stands.

This is a pro-life victory. The Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act is a good law that ought to be enforced. The Arkansas Legislature passed it with strong support, and Attorney General Rutledge’s office has defended it in court since Day One. We look forward to other good decisions like this one in the future.

Photo Credit: By Brian Turner (Flickr: My Trusty Gavel) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Arkansas Congressmen Co-Sponsor Federal Pro-Life Bill

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Next week Congress will vote on the federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act of 2017.

This is a federal bill similar to a pro-life law the Arkansas Legislature passed in 2013. It prohibits abortion after the twentieth week of pregnancy, except in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother.

All four of Arkansas’ congressmen are co-sponsoring this good, federal bill.

Medical science shows unborn babies feel the pain of abortion — especially after the twentieth week of pregnancy. In 2000, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy described the abortion process, writing, “The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn from limb from limb. . . . The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off.”

Abortion is a horrific procedure. That’s one reason many states — including Arkansas — have passed laws prohibiting abortion after the twentieth week of pregnancy.

You can read the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act of 2017 here.

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