Arkansas Named Most Pro-Life State in America for the Seventh Year in a Row

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Little Rock, Ark. – On Wednesday, Americans United for Life announced Arkansas is the most pro-life state in America for the seventh year in a row. The pro-life organization ranks all fifty states based on state laws protecting the unborn, the elderly, the disabled, and the terminally ill.

In a statement, Family Council President Jerry Cox said, “Being named America’s most pro-life state for the seventh year in a row reflects our commitment and that of our elected officials to the sanctity of innocent human life. Behind every law are people whose lives deserve protection: our elderly neighbors, people with disabilities, those nearing the end of life, and unborn children. Our goal is to work with Governor Sanders and the legislature to make Arkansas the safest place in America for the most vulnerable.”

Cox pointed out that most Arkansans do not support abortion on demand. “Arkansas is the nation’s most pro-life state, because Arkansans themselves are deeply pro-life. Public opinion polling has shown for years that Arkansans do not support abortion on demand. Arkansas’ abortion rate plummeted to historic lows and Arkansas enacted good pro-life laws years before the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. More than forty pregnancy resource centers around the state help women choose options besides abortion.”

Cox praised the many different people and organizations that have worked together to make Arkansas such a pro-life state. “Arkansas Right to Life has been defending human life for more than fifty years, and Family Council has been at it for nearly four decades. Arkansas’ General Assembly has generally prohibited abortion except to save the life of the mother and has enacted good laws that protect people from euthanasia and assisted suicide. Ministers, churches, elected officials, pregnancy resource centers, and everyday Arkansans all have worked tirelessly to make Arkansas the pro-life state that it is today. Being pro-life is about much more than opposing abortion. We are focused on making sure our laws respect and protect innocent human life at every stage from conception until natural death. We look forward to continuing that pro-life mission in 2027.”

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Planned Parenthood Reports No Political Activity in Arkansas this Year

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Above: Planned Parenthood’s facility in Little Rock. The center no longer performs abortions, but it does refer women to abortion facilities in other states. File Photo from 2020.

Ahead of the 2026 election, Planned Parenthood reports no political activity in Arkansas.

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortionist. In 2020, Planned Parenthood Federation announced it would spend at least $45 million working to unseat pro-life lawmakers and elect candidates who support abortion. As part of that plan, the group used its political action committee in Arkansas to support candidates for state and federal office. In 2024, the group endorsed two candidates running for the Arkansas House of Representatives.

As of last week, Planned Parenthood’s website says its 2026 candidate endorsements for Arkansas are “coming soon.”

However, Planned Parenthood’s political action committee (PAC) has spent no money campaigning in Arkansas this election cycle, according to its most recent financial reports. That’s a good thing.

Planned Parenthood’s PAC has a little over $11,000 at its disposal right now. It remains to be seen what role the organization will play in Arkansas — if any — in the coming days.

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

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Canada Stops Short of Allowing Euthanasia Solely for Mental Illness, But Could Still Authorize it for Dementia

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The AP reports Canada will not authorize so-called “medical aid in dying” (MAID) for people suffering solely from mental illness, but experts say expansions to the country’s euthanasia laws could authorize it for people with dementia and similar conditions.

When the Canadian Parliament first legalized MAID in 2016, the goal was to let terminally ill people end their lives via assisted suicide. However, since then Canadians have seen the practice expand under a deadly bait and switch.

In the past decade, MAID has claimed an estimated 100,000 lives and now accounts for one in 20 Canadian deaths.

The country was scheduled to expand assisted suicide to include people suffering solely from mental health conditions like anxiety or depression. However, Canadian leaders announced earlier this month that they are abandoning that plan.

While that may be good news, the Daily Citizen reports that Canada plans to introduce legislation this fall that would allow euthanasia by “advance request.”

An advance request would function like an advance directive letting doctors euthanize the patient.

Canadian officials note, “An advance request is a request for MAID made by an individual who still has the capacity to make decisions, before they are eligible or want to receive it. Their intent is that MAID be provided in the future after they have lost the capacity to consent and when certain conditions that they specify in their request are met.”

Zachary Mettler at the Daily Citizen describes how this practice could make it possible for Canada to euthanize people suffering from dementia, writing, “For example, someone in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease could request and be approved for euthanasia by advance request and then be killed later after their condition deteriorates and they can no longer agree to be killed.”

This is exactly the slippery slope that pro-life advocates have warned about for years.

Canada’s definition of who qualifies for assisted suicide is already dangerously broad. Patients can be approved for euthanasia based on cancer, organ failure, or neurological conditions. But they can also be killed for diabetes, chronic pain, hearing problems, or even “feelings of loneliness.”

Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are murder, and they violate the sanctity of human life.

Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death. That’s why Family Council has spent years opposing assisted suicide and euthanasia in Arkansas. Canada is a clear example of where euthanasia and assisted suicide lead, and Arkansas would be wise not to go there.

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

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