Abortion Drugs Are Not About Women’s Health

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Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom recently released a video highlighting how abortion drugs are not about women’s health.

Right now, Alliance Defending Freedom is working in court to protect women and unborn children from mail-order abortion drugs.

In June of 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. That good decision let several states — including Arkansas — enforce pro-life laws generally prohibiting abortion.

But in January of 2023 the Biden Administration’s FDA permanently removed the in-person dispensing requirement for RU-486 and made abortion drugs available by mail.

In October of last year, ADF attorneys and the State of Louisiana sued the FDA for letting abortionists mail these drugs across state lines.

In February, Family Council joined 43 other pro-life leaders in an amicus brief supporting ADF’s lawsuit against the FDA.

The amicus brief argues that states have the authority to restrict or prohibit abortion, and that the FDA’s abortion drug rules undermine states’ authority to enforce their own pro-life laws.

New evidence shows that abortion drugs are much more dangerous than the FDA previously thought.

A recent study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center found abortion drugs are at least 22 times more dangerous than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeling indicates. Nearly 11% of women experience serious health complications from abortion pills — including sepsis, infection, and life-threatening hemorrhage.

These drugs should not be available at all — much less through the mail. We appreciate ADF’s commitment to defending life in federal court.

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

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Scottish Parliament Rejects Euthanasia

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Last week the Scottish Parliament reportedly rejected a proposal that would have made Scotland the first country in the U.K. to legalize assisted suicide.

Elected officials first proposed the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in 2024. The measure would have let medical professionals give lethal prescriptions to terminally ill adults who are deemed mentally competent and who have resided in Scotland for at least a year.

In January, the French Senate rejected a similar measure as well.

Despite the “safeguards” euthanasia’s supporters place in these types of laws, experience has shown that assisted suicide doesn’t help people who are sick or dying, and it doesn’t remain limited to a few cases.

Canada is poised to reach it’s 100,000th death through assisted suicide this summer.

Patients in Europe and Canada reportedly have been denied care or actively euthanized as a result of assisted suicide laws.

Recent news articles allege that an elderly woman in Ontario — dubbed “Mrs. B” in official reports — was euthanized against her will after her elderly husband began “experiencing caregiver burnout.” Her husband reportedly requested “an urgent assessment” of his wife’s eligibility for assisted suicide. She was euthanized that evening.

The vast majority of patients approved for assisted suicide never receive psychiatric screenings.

In parts of the U.S. where physician-assisted suicide is legal, insurance companies have refused to pay for patients’ medical care, but have offered to cover assisted suicide drugs.

Stories like these are part of the reason why Family Council has strongly opposed assisted suicide legislation in Arkansas.

Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death.

Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide violate the sanctity of innocent human life.

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Arkansas Lawmakers Gearing Up for 2026 Budget Session

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The Arkansas Legislature’s 2026 fiscal session will begin at noon on Wednesday, April 8, and lawmakers have already started pre-filing bills. The Arkansas House and Senate probably won’t pass any new laws, but they will set the State’s budget for the coming year.

We are looking forward to working with our friends at the Capitol on two important issues.

First, since 2022 we have worked with lawmakers to secure appropriations for grants to pregnancy help organizations. These pro-life charities provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies — often free of charge.

Now that abortion is generally prohibited in Arkansas, we want to make it unthinkable and irrelevant as well. Giving women real options besides abortion is one way we can do that. That’s what makes this grant funding so vital.

Second, lawmakers will review appropriations for the Educational Freedom Accounts (EFAs) created by the 2023 LEARNS Act. The funding for these accounts lets students in Arkansas use public money to pay for an education at a public or private school or at home.

Many families may feel trapped by failing public school systems or by one-size-fits-all approaches to education. For those families, the EFA program offers options that help them and their children thrive.

We plan to work with lawmakers to ensure Arkansas’ EFA program treats home schooled students fairly in the coming year.

Look for more news and information about Arkansas’ 2026 budget session at FamilyCouncil.org.

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

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