Legislature – Page 64 – Family Council

A Connection Between Gov. Beebe and the Poison Pill Amendment?

Feb 7, 2011JerryAbortion, Legislation, LegislatureArkansas Legislature, SB113

Last week we brought a lot of attention to SB113, sponsored by Senator Cecile Bledsoe. SB113 effectively says Under the federal healthcare law, Arkansas will not subsidize abortions with taxpayer money, except to save the life of the mother. This acts as “enabling legislation” for Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution (which states that no public funds will be used for abortion—except to save the mother’s life) by applying it to the new federal healthcare law.

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Urgent! House Health Committee Needs to Hear from You!

Jan 31, 2011JerryAbortion, Healthcare, LegislatureAbortion, Arkansas Legislature, Healthcare

A critical pro-life bill is headed to the House Public Health Committee this week.

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Hats Off to Reps. Lampkin and Wardlaw

Jan 28, 2011JerryLegislatureArkansas Legislature, Healthcare

This past Tuesday, Representative David Meeks presented a bill to the Arkansas House of Representatives’ Public Health Committee in Little Rock. The bill, HB 1053, would have prevented Arkansans from being penalized for failing to purchase government-approved health insurance under the recently-passed federal healthcare law.

Sadly, the bill was voted down, 12 to 7. However, an interesting thing happened: Two Democrats voted for the bill, Sheilla Lampkin and Jeff Wardlaw.

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