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The State of Arkansas has awarded more than $1.7 million in grants to pro-life pregnancy help organizations since July 1 of this year. The funding was possible thanks to a budget measure lawmakers passed last spring.
Read →Arkansas, Louisiana, and Alabama have filed an original action before the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal lawsuit against New York, California, and Massachusetts to challenge pro-abortion 'shield laws' that protect abortionists mailing abortion drugs to pro-life states.
Read →The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that 26% of Obamacare plans nationwide paid for abortions not limited to cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother, covering an estimated 4.4 million people, with most such plans in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Minnesota. Arkansas, however, passed Act 72 in 2013, which prevents taxpayer funds from being used to pay for elective abortions under Obamacare, resulting in no Obamacare plans in Arkansas covering elective abortions.
Read →Alliance Defending Freedom is challenging the FDA's policy that allows abortion drugs like mifepristone to be mailed, arguing it undermines state laws that prohibit abortion and can lead to coercion, as in the case of Rosalie Markezich in Louisiana. Pro-life organizations, including Family Council, have filed legal briefs and are urging the federal government to reverse the FDA's mail-order abortion drug policy, citing health risks and the need for in-person medical oversight.
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