Arkansas House Passes Pro-Life Bill

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Today the Arkansas House of Representatives passed H.B. 1434. This is a good, pro-life bill that prohibits abortions performed due to the baby’s sex.

The bill now goes to the Arkansas Senate.

Below is a breakdown of the vote on the bill.

Voted FOR H.B. 1434 (79 votes)

Ballinger Baltz Barker Beck Bentley Boyd
Bragg Branscum Brown Burch Capp Cavenaugh
Coleman Collins Cozart Dalby Deffenbaugh Della Rosa
Dotson D. Douglas C. Douglas Eubanks Farrer D. Ferguson
C. Fite 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 G. McGill McNair D. Meeks
S. Meeks Miller Murdock Payton Penzo Petty
Pilkington Pitsch Richey Richmond Rushing Rye
Shepherd B. Smith Sorvillo Speaks Sturch Sullivan
Tosh Vaught Warren Watson J. Williams Wing
Womack

Voted AGAINST H.B. 1434 (3 votes)

Sabin Walker D. Whitaker

Voted “Present” (6 votes)

. Armstrong Blake M.J. Gray Love Nicks Tucker

Did Not Vote (12 Representatives)

F. Allen Davis Drown Eaves K. Ferguson Fielding
V. Flowers M. Hodges Johnson Leding Wardlaw Mr. Speaker

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Bill Filed to Ban “Wrongful Birth” Lawsuits

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Yesterday Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson (R-Little Rock) filed S.B. 340 banning “wrongful birth” lawsuits.

In other states parents of children born with Down Syndrome and similar conditions have sued doctors and hospitals, claiming that the child should have been aborted. In some cases, couples have collected millions of dollars in these lawsuits.

Currently, Arkansas has no law regarding “wrongful birth” lawsuits, but state court decisions seem to permit them in certain circumstances.

Human life is sacred. No one should be able to file a lawsuit claiming another person should have been killed.

S.B. 340 is a good, pro-life bill that affirms the sanctity of human life. You can read the bill here.

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Arkansas Legislative Committee Passes Two Pro-Life Bills

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Today the Arkansas House of Representatives’ Public Health Committee passed two good, pro-life bills.

H.B. 1428 by Rep. Lundstrum (R-Elm Springs) makes it clear that abortion clinics will be inspected at least annually, and it ensures any clinic that fails inspection will be shut down. It also cleans up language in some of Arkansas’ abortion statutes, and it closes a loophole in Arkansas informed-consent law. You can read the bill here.

H.B. 1434 by Rep. Collins (R-Fayetteville) prohibits abortions performed due to the baby’s sex. Recently our friends at Live Action posted undercover videos of abortion clinic employees counseling women on having sex-selection abortions. H.B. 1434 is similar to laws passed in other states. It protects unborn babies from being aborted due to their sex. You can read the bill here.

These bills now go to the entire House of Representatives for a vote.

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