Arkansas House Passes Home School Resolution

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Rep. Cooper presents H.R. 1021 in the House of Representatives.

On Tuesday the Arkansas House of Representatives passed H.R. 1021 by Rep. Cameron Cooper (R – Romance) celebrating 35 years of home schooling in Arkansas.

The resolution highlights the benefits of home schooling as well as the way home schooling gives parents flexibility in educating their children.

H.R. 1021 passed easily on a voice vote while home schoolers from White County watched from the gallery above the House Chambers.

Home schooling has been legal in Arkansas since 1985, when former Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton signed the state’s first home school legislation into law.

Home schooling has come a long way in the past 35 years, and home schoolers are leaving a legacy in our state.

Men and women who were home schooled as children are making a difference in Arkansas. They own businesses and are leaders in their communities.

Home schooling is great for the State of Arkansas. It’s good to see lawmakers recognize that fact by passing H.R. 1021.

You can read H.R. 1021 here.

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Alabama Passes Pro-Life Resolution Similar to Measure Filed in Arkansas

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The Alabama Legislature recently passed a resolution declaring January 22 The Day of Tears and encouraging Alabamans to lower their flags to half-staff on that day.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its infamous Roe v. Wade abortion decision on January 22, 1973. The resolution commemorates the millions of unborn babies whose lives have been lost to abortion.

The Alabama resolution is similar to Arkansas’ H.C.R. 1007 by Rep. Jim Wooten (R – Beebe) and Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway).

H.C.R. 1007 recognizes January 22 as The Day of Tears in Arkansas. It acknowledges the 61 million unborn babies killed in abortion in America over the past five decades, and it encourages Arkansans to lower their flags to half-staff on January 22 to mourn the innocent children who have lost their lives. You can read a copy of this good, pro-life resolution here.

Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) is the lead senate sponsor of pro-life resolution H.C.R. 1007.

H.C.R. 1007 passed the Arkansas House on January 21. It has since been sent to the Senate Public Health Committee for consideration.

Below is a list of H.C.R. 1007’s House sponsors:

  • Wooten
  • Vaught
  • Barker
  • Beatty Jr.
  • Beck
  • Bentley
  • M. Berry
  • Berry
  • Boyd
  • Bragg
  • Breaux
  • Brooks
  • Brown
  • Bryant
  • Carr
  • Cavenaugh
  • Coleman
  • C. Cooper
  • Cozart
  • Crawford
  • Dalby,
  • Deffenbaugh
  • Dotson
  • Eaves
  • Eubanks
  • Evans
  • C. Fite
  • L. Fite
  • Gazaway
  • Gonzales
  • M. Gray
  • Hawks
  • Hillman
  • Holcomb
  • Hollowell
  • Jean
  • L. Johnson
  • Ladyman
  • Lowery
  • Lundstrum
  • Maddox
  • J. Mayberry
  • McClure
  • McCollum
  • M. McElroy
  • McKenzie
  • McNair
  • S. Meeks
  • Miller
  • Payton
  • Pilkington
  • Ray
  • Richmond
  • Rye
  • Slape
  • B. Smith
  • S. Smith
  • Speaks
  • Tosh
  • Underwood
  • Wardlaw
  • Warren
  • Watson
  • Wing
  • Womack

Below is a list of H.C.R. 1007’s Senate sponsors:

  • Rapert
  • B. Ballinger
  • Bledsoe
  • Caldwell
  • J. Dismang
  • L. Eads
  • J. English
  • Flippo
  • T. Garner
  • Gilmore
  • K. Hammer
  • Irvin
  • B. Johnson
  • Rice
  • B. Sample
  • G. Stubblefield
  • D. Sullivan
  • D. Wallace

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Arkansas Senate Committee Passes Bill Restricting Abortion Drugs

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Sen. Johnson presents H.B. 1402 in committee on Monday, March 22.

On Monday the Arkansas Senate Public Health Committee passed H.B. 1402.

This good bill by Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R – Corning) updates Arkansas’ restrictions on abortion drugs like RU-486.

Pro-lifers nationwide expect the Biden/Harris Administration to ease restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs in the coming months. H.B. 1402 will help keep restrictions on abortion drugs in place at the state level — even if the federal government changes its regulations.

H.B. 1402 outlines requirements that abortionists must follow in administering abortion-inducing drugs, and it prohibits abortion drugs from being delivered by mail in Arkansas.

It also updates current law to ensure doctors who perform chemical abortions are credentialed to handle abortion complications and can transfer the woman to a hospital if she experiences complications.

H.B. 1402 is a good bill that will protect unborn children from being killed in chemical abortions. It now goes to the entire Arkansas Senate for consideration.

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