House Health Committee Passes Good Pro-Life Bill

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On Thursday the House Public Health Committee passed a good bill that would help protect women’s health and clarify Arkansas’ abortion restrictions.

H.B. 1786 by Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R – Knoxville) and Sen. Clint Penzo (R – Springdale) is a good, pro-life bill that specifies that abortions performed to save the life of the mother must take place in a hospital or emergency room.

This bill will help clarify Arkansas’ restrictions on abortion, and it will protect women’s health by ensuring that any abortion performed to save the mother’s life takes place in a facility that is properly equipped to handle medical emergencies.

On Thursday afternoon Reps. Jeff Wardlaw and Ryan Rose assisted Rep. Pilkington in presenting H.B. 1786 in the House Public Health Committee. The bill passed quickly on a voice vote.

It now goes to the entire Arkansas House of Representatives for consideration.

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Arkansas Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Keep Pro-Abortion Groups Out of Public Schools

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On Thursday the Arkansas Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to help keep pro-abortion groups out of public schools.

S.B. 466 by Sen. Jim Dotson (R – Bentonville) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) says that a public school or open-enrollment public charter school shall not knowingly enter into any type of transaction with an individual or entity that offers or provides abortion referrals.

Arkansas law already prevents schools from contracting with organizations that perform abortions.

Now that Arkansas generally prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother, state law needs to clarify that public schools won’t contract with pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood that refer women to abortion facilities out of state.

S.B. 466 is a good bill that will help keep public schools from working with pro-abortion organizations in Arkansas.

The bill now goes to the Arkansas House of Representatives for consideration.

The Following Senators Voted For S.B. 466

  • Boyd
  • Bryant
  • Clark
  • Crowell
  • B. Davis
  • Dees
  • J. Dismang
  • J. Dotson
  • English
  • Flippo
  • Gilmore
  • K. Hammer
  • Hester
  • Hickey
  • Hill
  • Irvin
  • Johnson, B.
  • Johnson, M.
  • McKee
  • Payton
  • Penzo
  • Petty
  • Rice
  • Stone
  • Stubblefield
  • Sullivan
  • Wallace

The Following Senators Voted Against S.B. 466

  • Chesterfield
  • Flowers
  • Leding
  • Love
  • Murdock
  • Tucker

The Following Senators Did Not Vote

  • Caldwell
  • King

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House Committee Defeats Effort to Weaken State Abortion Laws

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On Thursday the House Judiciary Committee defeated a bad bill that would have added exceptions to Arkansas’ abortion laws.

H.B. 1670 by Rep. Ashley Hudson (D – Little Rock) would weaken Arkansas’ pro-life laws by creating an exception for abortion in cases of incest.

As we have said many times, rape and incest are evil, and any woman who is a victim of rape or incest is a victim in every sense of the word.

However, legislation like H.B. 1670 fails to acknowledge that the unborn child is totally innocent.

An unborn boy or girl has no control over how he or she was conceived. These are living human beings. It is not right to kill an unborn baby because the baby’s father was a rapist or committed incest.

We are thankful to the House Judiciary Committee members who voted against this bad bill.

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