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Ballot Battles, Marijuana, and More: Weekly Rewind

Nov 28, 2025Jerry CoxCurrent EventsUpdate

Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

Pregnancy Centers Help Countless Families: A new report from our friends at the Charlotte Lozier Institute shows pro-life pregnancy resource centers provided hundreds of millions of dollars in goods and services to families last year. Keep Reading.

Illicit Marijuana Still a Serious Problem: Last week, Arkansas State Troopers seized 1,987 pounds of illegal drugs made from marijuana. Keep Reading.

Ballot Measure Safeguards are Under Fire: Last week U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks in Fayetteville blocked a slate of anti-fraud safeguards the Arkansas Legislature enacted regarding the ballot initiative process. Keep Reading.

New Evidence That Sex-Change Procedures Hurt Children: On November 19, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a peer-reviewed report confirming what most Americans already knew: Sex-change procedures are dangerous for children. Keep Reading.

Some Bad Ideas Simply Will Not Go Away: Planned Parenthood is still pushing its sex-education agenda despite past failures. Keep Reading.

How Arkansas Helped Pave the Way for Thanksgiving: On October 12, 1847, Arkansas Gov. Thomas Drew issued the state’s very first Thanksgiving proclamation and helped pave the way for the national holiday we now enjoy every year. Keep Reading.

From Our Friends

Is Sports Betting Okay? From the Colson Center.

US State Department classifies pro-abortion policies as human rights abuses. From Live Action.

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Closes 45th Center in 2025 Thanks to Defunding. From LifeNews.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Pregnancy Centers Provided Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Goods and Services Last Year

Nov 24, 2025Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life, Update

A new report from our friends at the Charlotte Lozier Institute shows pro-life pregnancy resource centers provided hundreds of millions of dollars in goods and services to families last year.

Pregnancy resource centers provide material support to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

Many offer everything from pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to adoption referrals and parenting classes to maternity clothes, diapers, and formula — all typically free of charge.

The Charlotte Lozier Institute report looked at the work of 2,775 pregnancy centers nationwide. The report found these centers provided over $452 million in medical care, education services, material goods, and other types of support in 2024.

The report also found pregnancy resource centers served one million new clients last year. All of that is great news.

Since the 2022 Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade, state legislatures around the country have begun appropriating funding for pregnancy help organizations, because they are so effective when it comes to helping women and families.

Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Ohio, and many other states provide millions of dollars in state funding for pregnancy resource centers.

Lawmakers in Arkansas have also voted to provide grant funding for pregnancy resource centers.

In April, Governor Sanders signed Act 1006 of 2025, by the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, providing $2 million for grants to pregnancy help organizations — including pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other charities that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.

The State of Arkansas has funded this grant program every year since 2022 to help promote alternatives to abortion.

In July, DFA received 39 applications for grant funding under the program. However, the department has not taken any action on the applications and reportedly does not have a timeline for awarding grants to the pregnancy help organizations.

Now that abortion is generally prohibited in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother, the state needs to make abortion unthinkable and unnecessary. As the Charlotte Lozier Institute’s report shows, supporting the work of pregnancy help organizations is one way we can do that.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

THC Banned, School Choice Funded, and More from This Week

Nov 21, 2025Jerry CoxCurrent EventsUpdate

Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

Investing in School Choice: Data from the state’s official transparency website shows Arkansas has spent more than $111 million on its school choice program since July 1. Keep Reading.

Prohibiting THC Made from Hemp: President Trump has signed a measure effectively prohibiting dangerous drugs containing THC made from industrial hemp. Keep Reading.

Protecting Fairness in Women’s Sports: The International Olympic Committee has begun taking steps to keep men from competing in women’s Olympic events. Keep Reading.

Illicit Marijuana Still a Problem: Earlier this month, authorities in Georgia arrested three men and seized 500 pounds of illegal marijuana believed to be linked to Mexican drug cartels. Keep Reading.

Defending Innocent Human Life: Assisted suicide is spiraling out of control in Canada. Keep Reading.

Illegal Sports Betting Busted: New Jersey’s attorney general has announced charges of racketeering and illegal gambling against 14 individuals for allegedly running a multimillion dollar gambling ring that involved student athletes. Keep Reading.