Despite Cold, Arkansans March for Life in Little Rock

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Above: Gov. Sanders greats pro-lifers at the March for Life. Photo Credit: Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office.

On Sunday, Arkansans gathered in Little Rock to mark the state’s 48th annual March for Life.

The event highlighted Arkansas’ strong commitment to protecting innocent human life and the victories pro-lifers have achieved since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Arkansas has earned recognition as the nation’s most pro-life state for six consecutive years. This achievement reflects the dedication of Arkansas’ churches, families, and lawmakers who have championed the sanctity and dignity of human life.

While celebrating these victories, speakers warned that the fight for life continues. Dr. Sharai Amaya, an obstetrician-gynecologist who spoke at the march, cautioned pro-lifers about abortion pills being mailed into Arkansas from states like New York and California.

“The threat of abortion is still crouching at our door,” she said. “I am talking about the threat of abortion pills.”

Attorney General Tim Griffin echoed these concerns, noting that despite “amazing strides” with the Dobbs decision, “the fight continues” as dangerous abortion drugs are shipped across state lines.

The march also featured Catherine Pressly Herring, who shared her powerful testimony about being secretly given abortion pills by her ex-husband. Her courage in speaking out last year helped Arkansas pass H.B. 1551 making it a felony to try to kill an unborn child by secretly giving a pregnant woman abortion-inducing drugs without her knowledge or consent. The bill passed without a single lawmaker voting against it and was signed into law by Governor Sanders in April.

As Arkansas maintains its position as America’s most pro-life state, events like the March for Life remind us that protecting innocent life requires ongoing commitment from churches and families all across our state.

Family Council appreciates our friends at Arkansas Right to Life who help organize this march every year. It’s a great opportunity for pro-lifers to gather and take a stand for the sanctity of human life in Arkansas.

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U of A Rescinds Job Offer to Applicant Who Signed Legal Brief Against Fairness in Women’s Sports Law

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The University of Arkansas School of Law has withdrawn a job offer to an applicant who signed a legal brief against a state law protecting fairness in women’s sports last November.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette writes:

Less than a week after announcing Emily Suski as the next dean for the University of Arkansas School of Law, the university has rescinded that offer, citing “feedback from key external stakeholders.” . . .

Suski, a professor of law and the associate dean for strategic and institutional priorities at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law, was appointed dean of the UA Law School, effective July 1.

The newspaper also reports that Arkansas Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester (R — Cave Springs) told university officials he believed Suski was unfit to lead the law school after he learned that she opposed a law in West Virginia protecting fairness in women’s sports and that she supported former President Joe Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 2020, Idaho passed The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act to prevent male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. However, the ACLU sued, claiming the act is unconstitutional, and a panel of judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the law.

The case has been combined with a federal lawsuit against a similar measure West Virginia enacted.

Both state laws are currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, and a decision in the case could affect similar laws nationwide.

In November, Suski joined an amicus brief from the group Scholars of Equal Opportunity and Antidiscrimination Law encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against West Virginia’s law that protects fairness in women’s sports.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed Act 461 preventing male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. Act 461 is very similar to the West Virginia law that the amicus brief opposed. Given that fact, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R — Jonesboro) told The New York Times that Suski’s views expressed in last November’s amicus brief are inconsistent with Arkansas law.

As Family Council has said for years, letting men compete in women’s sports reverses decades of advancements for women, and it effectively erases girls’ athletics.

It hampers their ability to compete for athletic scholarships and hurts their professional opportunities as adults.

Concerned Women for America reports that more than 1,900 male athletes who claim to be female have taken first place medals away from women and girls.

Female swimmers, powerlifters, cyclists, sprinters, volleyball players, and others have seen their sports radically altered by men who claim to be women. In some sports, it can even be dangerous.

Most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.

Given what a significant role the dean has at the law school, we believe the University of Arkansas made the right decision by withdrawing the job offer, and we appreciate Sen. Hester’s leadership in this matter.

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Assisted Suicide’s Slippery Slope to Broader Killing

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Last month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a deal to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

The so-called “Medical Aid in Dying Act” is supposed to make it possible for patients expected to die within six months to request a prescription for lethal drugs.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a similar assisted suicide law in December as well.

History shows us that assisted suicide laws never stay limited. Countries like Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands have allowed assisted suicide and euthanasia for mental illness, depression, and dementia.

What starts as a “compassionate choice” becomes routine killing. Once society accepts that some lives aren’t worth living, the definition of “suffering” keeps expanding.

Arkansas families should watch New York and Illinois carefully. When lawmakers claim assisted suicide will stay limited to extreme cases, remember that every other state and country has seen these laws grow broader over time.

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