One Year Ago Arkansas Passed Two Good Laws Restricting Abortion Drugs

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Above: Sen. Blake Johnson presents Act 562 to the Arkansas Senate in this file photo from March 29, 2021.

One year ago this week the Arkansas Legislature passed two excellent laws that restrict abortion-inducing drugs like RU-486.

Act 560 by Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Mountain Home) outlines the informed-consent process for abortion drugs in Arkansas.

Arkansas’ previous informed-consent laws for abortion focused primarily on surgical abortion procedures. Act 560 ensures women get all the facts about chemical abortion as well — including its risks, its consequences, and its pro-life alternatives.

Act 560 helps women choose options besides the RU-486 abortion drugs. That has the potential to save many unborn children from abortion.

Act 562 by Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R – Corning) updates Arkansas’ restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs like RU-486.

Among other things, Act 562 outlines requirements that abortionists must follow in administering abortion-inducing drugs, and it prohibits abortion drugs from being delivered by mail in Arkansas.

Abortion-inducing drugs are dangerous.

Documents from the Arkansas Department of Health reveal there were 40 reports of women who experienced complications from the RU-486 abortion drug in 2020.

The reports underscore that women need to know all of the risks associated with abortion-inducing drugs.

Last year the Biden Administration relaxed the federal rules for RU-486. Act 560 and Act 562 help push back against the Biden Administration’s pro-abortion rule change.

These are good laws that protect women and unborn children from abortion. That’s something to celebrate.

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Advertising Company Asks Judge For More Time to Respond to Satanic Temple’s Lawsuit

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Above: One of the billboard designs that Lamar reportedly rejected in 2020.

On Wednesday, Lamar Advertising asked the U.S. District Court in Fort Smith for additional time to respond to a lawsuit from the Satanic Temple.

The unopposed request for an extension asked the court to give Lamar until April 12 to answer the Satanic Temple’s complaint.

In February the Satanic Temple filed a federal lawsuit against Lamar Advertising in Arkansas’ Western District Court over a set of pro-abortion billboards that Lamar rejected in 2020.

The four billboard designs that Lamar rejected claimed the Satanic Temple’s “religious abortion ritual averts many state restrictions” on abortion. 

The Satanic Temple is a prominent atheist organization. The group has tried to persuade federal courts to recognize abortion as a religious ritual. So far courts have not done so.

According to court documents, the Satanic Temple wanted to place pro-abortion billboards near pregnancy resource centers in Fayetteville, Springdale, and Little Rock, but Lamar rejected the billboard designs.

As we have written before, the Satanic Temple has a history of stirring up controversy in Arkansas.

The group has opposed Arkansas’ monument honoring the Ten Commandments and is part of a lawsuit to have the monument removed from the capitol grounds.

The Satanic Temple’s lawsuit against Lamar Advertising is in U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks’ court, and it may not be resolved for several months.

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Tontitown Passes Resolution, Affirms It Is A Pro-Life City

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On February 1, the Tontitown City Council passed a good resolution affirming that the community is Pro-Life.

Tontitown is in Washington County — which passed its own Pro-Life Resolution in July of 2021.

Last year the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 392 of 2021 by Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) and Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch).

This good law affirms that cities and counties can designate themselves as Pro-Life.

Act 392 also says that Pro-Life Communities can install signs or banners announcing that they are Pro-Life.

To date, 19 counties and 11 cities and towns have passed resolutions recognizing unborn children and affirming that they are Pro-Life.

Benton, Washington, Crawford, Cleburne, Pope, Jackson, Saline, Faulkner, Perry, Sebastian, Lee, White, Prairie, Searcy, Carrol, Newton, Boone, Hot Spring, and Madison counties have adopted Pro-Life resolutions — and so have the cities and towns of Marianna, Russellville, Springdale, LaGrange, Moro, Aubrey, Haynes, Marshall, Western Grove, and Leslie.

Voters in Tontitown should be proud of their city council for taking a pro-life stand. We look forward to other cities and counties passing Pro-Life resolutions in the coming weeks.

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