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<description><![CDATA[On October 22, a three-judge Chancery Court panel ruled against Tennessee strongly protective abortion law, holding that amendments in 2023 and 2025 to 2022’s Human Life Protection Act were inadequate “to protect the lives and health of pregnant women in Tennessee,” according to reporter Anita Wadhwani. The judges, Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal, Judge Sandra Donaghy, […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On October 22, a three-judge Chancery Court panel ruled against Tennessee strongly protective abortion law, holding that amendments in 2023 and 2025 to 2022’s Human Life Protection Act were inadequate “to protect the lives and health of pregnant women in Tennessee,” according to reporter Anita <a href="https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/22/signaling-skepticism-that-exceptions-to-tn-abortion-ban-are-adequate-judges-rule-against-state">Wadhwani</a>.
The judges, Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal, Judge Sandra Donaghy, and Chancellor Kasey Cullbreath, unanimously rejected attorneys for the state who asked for a ruling in their favor, without a trial.
The law was passed in 2019 in anticipation of the overturning of Roe v Wade—a so-called “trigger law.” It said that if/when Roe was overturned, Tennessee’s pre-1973 protections would be restored, and aborting almost all children would again be against the law. That law passed the state Senate by an overwhelming vote of 23-5 and the House by an equally lopsided vote of 68-17.
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At oral arguments on July 1, Jenna Adamson, assistant solicitor general in Tennessee’s Office of the Attorney General, told the panel that the lawsuit was now moot because the 2025 amendment added “medical necessity exceptions.” These “significant changes,” made to Tennessee’s abortion law, Adamson, argued, “makes this a different case.”
Background
The lawsuit, “originally filed in 2023, represents seven Tennessee women denied emergency abortions and two physicians who say they fear criminal prosecution for providing lifesaving care,” Wadhwani reported. “The American Medical Association joined the challenge in March.”
In 2023, lawmakers amended the law, which took effect in 2022 once Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade, to include a “medical condition exception.” The law was further amended in 2025 to include the four conditions outlined by the chancery court ruling’s 2024 ruling.
That ruling, Wadhwani wrote,
outlined four specific pregnancy-related conditions that qualify as “medical necessity” exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, noting the “confusion and lack of consensus within the Tennessee medical community on the circumstances requiring necessary health- and life-saving abortion care.” 
The 2025 legislation, however, excluded the all-purpose “mental health diagnoses” as an exception to the state’s abortion law. The panel’s decision “allows the plaintiffs to challenge the lack of a mental health-related exception to the abortion ban,” according to Wadhwani.
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<description><![CDATA[A letter signed by more than 100 pro-life organizations urged lawmakers to end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) so-called “COVID subsidies” that bypassed long-standing protections against taxpayer-funded abortion. These subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year, have become a sticking point in the ongoing government funding debate. As the government […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A letter signed by more than 100 pro-life organizations urged lawmakers to end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) so-called “COVID subsidies” that bypassed long-standing protections against taxpayer-funded abortion.
These subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year, have become a sticking point in the ongoing government funding debate.
As the government shutdown drags on with no near end in sight, members of Congress need to ask themselves what the ACA subsidies mean to them. Democratic leaders in Congress are using the extension of these subsidies as leverage to keep the government shut down. They know that Republicans have never voted for the ACA and are unlikely to do so now, especially when the law continues to funnel taxpayer dollars to insurance plans that cover elective abortion. Rather than allowing these abortion funding subsidies to expire, however, Democrats would rather see the government remain closed.
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Pro-life organizations across the nation are united in their opposition to any taxpayer dollars going to the Abortion Industry. The principle is simple. No American should be forced to fund the destruction of unborn life.
Earlier this year, that unity was on full display during the fight for passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1).
The bill, signed by President Trump on July 4th, defunded providers of elective abortion, including Planned Parenthood, from federal Medicaid funding for one year if they received more than $800,000 in federal funding in 2023.
That legislation, in addition, strengthened pro-life protections by closing long-standing loopholes that the Hyde Amendment alone could not reach.
Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has stood as a clear moral boundary, preventing federal dollars from directly paying for abortion in all but a very few cases. Yet the ACA was written to sidestep those protections, allowing taxpayer money to subsidize insurance plans that cover abortion. The COVID-era expansion of those subsidies only made the problem worse, pushing abortion funding deeper into the federal budget.
National Right to Life proudly joined more than 100 other organizations in signing this letter to Congress. Members and their staff must understand what is at stake.
These ACA subsidies were intentionally structured to avoid the Hyde Amendment and exist outside the regular appropriations process. If allowed to continue, they would become yet another permanent funding stream for the abortion industry.
As December approaches, lawmakers face a choice: will they protect the integrity of the federal budget and the conscience rights of millions of Americans, or will they once again allow taxpayer dollars to fund abortion?
The pro-life movement is united in its answer. Congress must let these subsidies expire and ensure that no federal dollar ever goes to fund the destruction of innocent human life.
LifeNews Note: Madison LaClare is the Director of Federal Government Affairs for National Right to Life.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Pack]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly a year out from the midterms, House Republicans are touting a notable fundraising edge that could help the party maintain House control in 2026. For the first time since 2015, the National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, has outraised its Democratic counterpart in the first three quarters of an election cycle. Though […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nearly a year out from the midterms, House Republicans are touting a notable fundraising edge that could help the party maintain House control in 2026.
For the first time since 2015, the National Republican Congressional Committee, House Republicans’ campaign arm, has outraised its Democratic counterpart in the first three quarters of an election cycle. Though midterm elections tend to go poorly for the party in power, lackluster fundraising for Democrats and a relatively poor performance on the generic ballot show the party in a weaker position than in previous election cycles.
The NRCC has reported roughly $720,000 more in year-to-date fundraising than the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
In stark contrast, the DCCC held nearly a $9 million advantage after the first three fundraising quarters of 2017. Democrats would go on to win 41 seats in the 2018 midterms and reclaim control of the House.
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In the first three fundraising quarters of 2025, the NRCC reported a $20 million uptick in contributions compared to the same period in 2017. The House Republican campaign arm also has $7.5 million more in the bank at the end of September 2025 than it had in September 2017.
“The numbers don’t lie: House Republicans have the momentum, the message, and the money while Democrats are broke, divided, and out of gas,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement.
“The NRCC is grasping at straws because poll after poll shows House Republicans are sinking in battleground districts,” DCCC spokesman Aidan Johnson said in a statement to the DCNF. “At the end of the day, voters are what matter, and it’s clear they’re done with Republicans’ broken promises and ready to send Democrats back to the majority next November.”
Though the DCCC reported slightly more in Q3 receipts than the NRCC’s $24 million haul, House Democrats’ campaign arm has reported less in year-to-date fundraising in 2025 compared to the last cycle in 2023. The DCCC had a $23 million edge over the NRCC at the end of September that year.
Republicans have also maintained a financial edge among their most vulnerable incumbents compared to their Democratic counterparts.
House Republicans on the NRCC’s Patriot list — the party’s most endangered incumbents — raised an average of $763,000 in the third fundraising quarter, which runs from July to September.
Three NRCC Patriots, Reps. Young Kim of California, Mike Lawler of New York, and Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, reported fundraising hauls over $1 million in the third quarter.
Vulnerable Republican incumbents also maintained a significant cash-on-hand advantage over their Democratic counterparts through the end of September.
The DCCC’s Frontliners — considered to be the most vulnerable Democrats running for reelection — reported an average fundraising haul of $664,000 during the year’s third fundraising quarter, according to the NRCC’s analysis. Four Democrats, including Maine Rep. <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/23/jared-golden-poll-maine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jared Golden</a>, reported more than $1 million in receipts during the third quarter.
Democrats have also not been able to keep up their polling performance on the generic ballot compared to 2017.
Democrats hold just a 2.6-point <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/state-of-the-union/generic-congressional-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lead</a> on the RealClearPolitics polling average as of Friday. On Oct. 24, 2017, Democrats led Republicans in the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2018_generic_congressional_vote-6185.html#polls" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">generic ballot</a> by 10.3 percentage points.
Democrats’ weaker performance in the generic ballot comes as the party’s approval rating has <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/28/democrats-lowest-favorability-cnn-harry-enten/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fallen</a> to historic lows. A July Wall Street Journal poll found a net favorability rating of -30 for Democrats — the worst figure for the party since the pollster began asking the question in 1990.
Matt Bennett, co-founder of liberal think tank Third Way, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/24/democrat-matt-bennett-warns-his-party-in-terrible-shape-and-wont-recover-for-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">argued</a> Thursday that the Democratic Party’s weak approval rating signals the party could remain in dismal shape through the midterms.
“We’re in terrible shape. Like, we just have to be very honest with ourselves — the Democratic Party is in really, really bad shape,” Bennett told Halperin.
“We have not begun to address those problems,” Bennett continued. “I do think we will not be able to fully address them until we have a leader, and that won’t be for like three years, when we nominate somebody for president.”
The Republican National Committee (RNC) also continues to <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/22/kamala-campaign-debt-drags-democrats-down-gop-fundraising-surge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">trounce</a> its Democratic rival in fundraising and cash on hand. The RNC has $86 million in the bank compared to the DNC’s $12 million at the end of September — a $74 million gap.
The DNC notably <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/22/kamala-campaign-debt-drags-democrats-down-gop-fundraising-surge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">doled out</a> $1.6 million in September alone — and has paid out more than $20 millon in total — to cover former Vice President Kamala Harris’s leftover campaign debt from her failed presidential run.
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<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is moving to roll back a Joe Biden-era regulation that allows taxpayer dollars to pay for unaccompanied illegal alien children in the U.S. to travel to get abortions, The Daily Signal has learned. President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services is cleaning up the Biden administration regulation so that it […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Trump administration is moving to roll back a Joe Biden-era regulation that allows taxpayer dollars to pay for unaccompanied illegal alien children in the U.S. to travel to get abortions, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/author/elizabeth-troutman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Daily Signal </a>has learned.
President <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/tag/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Donald Trump’</a>s Department of Health and Human Services is cleaning up the Biden administration regulation so that it is in compliance with the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer funding for abortions, HHS officials told The Daily Signal.
“HHS is reviewing the relevant regulations and guidance to ensure they align with all applicable laws, including the Hyde Amendment,” an HHS official told The Daily Signal in a statement.
The Trump administration is not aware of any <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/05/trump-admin-found-13000-illegal-alien-children-lost-under-biden-where-do-they-go-now/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Office of Refugee Resettlement </a>funds currently being used to facilitate abortion travel, the official said. However, the Office of Refugee Resettlement doesn’t currently track that information.
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<h2 id="h-biden-s-unaccompanied-children-program-foundational-rule" class="wp-block-heading">Biden’s ‘Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule’</h2>
On Nov. 10, 2022, the Biden administration proposed the “<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/30/2024-08329/unaccompanied-children-program-foundational-rule" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule</a>,” which required the Office of Refugee Resettlement to “ensure unaccompanied children have access to medical care, including transportation across state lines and associated ancillary services if necessary to access appropriate medical services, including access to medical specialists, family planning services, and medical services requiring heightened ORR involvement.”
The requirement applies “regardless of whether federal appropriations law prevents ORR from paying for the medical care itself,” says the guidance, which became a final rule in April 2024.
This formed the basis for the office to provide transportation for a number of minors to receive abortions. This includes out-of-state travel for minors in states where abortion is banned.
The Biden rule violates the Hyde Amendment, the 1976 law prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay for most abortions, according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1408241/dl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">July memorandum</a> of opinion from Trump’s Office of Legal Counsel, a branch of the Department of Justice.
“This Office concluded in 2022 that the Hyde Amendment does not bar the Department of Health and Human Services from expending covered funds to provide transportation for women seeking abortions,” the opinion says. “Having been asked to reconsider, we now conclude that the Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds to provide ancillary services necessary to receive an abortion.
As a result, Office of Legal Counsel determined the appropriate response is to withdraw its prior contrary opinion.
Now, Health and Human Services is undergoing the task of challenging a final rule on a topic with a history of court precedent.
<h2 id="h-azar-v-garza" class="wp-block-heading">Azar v. Garza</h2>
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington ordered the government to allow a pregnant unaccompanied minor to obtain an abortion in 2017, prior to the Biden rule.
A girl known as “Jane Doe” in the court records entered the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor when she was eight weeks pregnant. Immigration authorities put her in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. When Refugee Resettlement denied her request for an abortion, Jane Doe’s guardian, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, took the matter to federal district court, where Barack Obama-appointee Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that the government’s policy was an undue burden on a woman’s right to an abortion, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s prior Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision.
Chutkan ordered that the government either take Jane Doe to obtain an abortion or release her to be transported by the court-appointed guardian to obtain the abortion.
Because the abortion occurred, it made the government’s claim moot, so the government didn’t appeal to the Supreme Court to review Chutkan’s order, as was originally planned. Instead, the government filed a petition to nullify the appellate court’s ruling so that it would not stand as precedent.
The Supreme Court ruled the case was moot, as the issue was resolved because the abortion had already occurred, so the lower-court ruling was erased.
The Garza decision doesn’t prevent HHS from pursuing a rule change, said Matt Bowman, Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel and former HHS deputy general counsel.
Bowman told The Daily Signal he hopes the Trump administration will do three things to change the rules and policies to make sure taxpayers no longer have to support programs providing abortions to children who illegally cross the border.
<h2 id="h-what-the-trump-administration-can-do" class="wp-block-heading">What the Trump Administration Can Do</h2>
Both the DOJ and HHS have a role to play in undoing the Biden-era policy of paying for alien minors’ abortion travel, according to Bowman.
First, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel should repeal all of the Biden administration’s memos promoting abortion, especially for illegal alien children, he said. Second, HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement should repeal the Biden rule.
Both those moves will end up being challenged in court, Bowman said.
Third, he said the Trump administration should fight the challenges all the way to the Supreme Court because old court cases on the subject were decided before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 with the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which established that there was no constitutional right to abortion.
“They were decided under Roe v. Wade on the explicit premise that there’s a U.S. constitutional right to abortion, and that if a kid crosses the border illegally and is apprehended by Border Patrol, they somehow possess and are protected by that fictional U.S. constitutional right to abortion,” Bowman said. “But now, neither are true.”
<h2 id="h-how-long-will-this-take-nbsp" class="wp-block-heading">How Long Will This Take? </h2>
If HHS takes Bowman’s path of repealing the Biden rule, it will need to take public comments on the new rule, respond to them, and then publish the final version of the rule.
After that, abortion advocacy groups will likely sue, Bowman explained, giving the Trump administration the opportunity to establish new court precedent in the post-Roe era.
“The Trump administration, we hope, will do everything they can to reverse the policies that make federal programs into an Uber service for abortions for illegal alien children,” he said.
LifeNews Note: Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell writes for Daily Signal, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/16/influence-maha-pro-life-movement-evident-trumps-ivf-move/">where this article originally appeared.</a>
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<title>New Abortion Center Will Kill 34-Week-Old Babies</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By all means, please read Marie Tasy’s “All-Trimester Abortion Clinic Expected to Open in New Jersey.” As she brilliantly outlines, New Jersey is eager to join the very top ranks of the anti-life states in the union, so the opening up of this abortion-up-until-birth clinic “was only a matter of time.” She writes, “New Jersey […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[By all means, please read Marie Tasy’s “<a href="https://www.lifenews.com/2025/10/23/new-abortion-biz-in-new-jersey-will-kill-babies-in-abortions-up-to-birth/">All-Trimester Abortion Clinic Expected to Open in New Jersey.</a>” As she brilliantly outlines, New Jersey is eager to join the very top ranks of the anti-life states in the union, so the opening up of this abortion-up-until-birth clinic “was only a matter of time.”
She writes, “New Jersey is one of just nine states with no limits on abortion thanks to our abortion-obsessed Governor [Phil Murphy] and Democratic leaders in the legislature.”
When did unlimited abortion, often paid for by taxpayers, become the Democrat Party’s North Star, the be-all, end-all of what it means to be a Democrat? What was once was a gradual decline into the darkness has become an all-out, a pedal to the metal race to the bottom.
It’s a long, long way from Senator, later Vice President, Hubert Humphrey, who once said:
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”
I’m not one for using, much less relying on, ChatGPT, but this is a great distillation of Humphrey’s humane and caring philosophy:
This powerful metaphor—dawn, twilight, and shadows—underscores Humphrey’s belief that a just society is measured not by its wealth or power, but by its compassion and care for those who are least able to advocate for themselves.
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Which takes us from the soaring heights of a caring and compassionate society to the depths of New Jersey’s forthcoming Luminosas Wellness Collective. The irony—the stunning moral blindness—at work in <a href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/5812?id=2262221.10818.1.a722b90f3afa0452d7a168da5dd27ca5" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/5812?id%3D2262221.10818.1.a722b90f3afa0452d7a168da5dd27ca5&source=gmail&ust=1761421187863000&usg=AOvVaw3s3eJJBUPGZVmNm9N7u43N">Dana DiFilippo’s</a> story for the <a href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/5812?id=2262221.10819.1.4e59606be9e40e8722e838230b7c4b65" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/5812?id%3D2262221.10819.1.4e59606be9e40e8722e838230b7c4b65&source=gmail&ust=1761421187863000&usg=AOvVaw1WRs4pJIoVQ3nvnGghu79o">New Jersey Monitor</a> is hard to fathom.
She tells us that:
Abortion foes often <a href="https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/5812?id=2262221.10820.1.ca3a6f4e6755a1990af89a4b50ccade8" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/5812?id%3D2262221.10820.1.ca3a6f4e6755a1990af89a4b50ccade8&source=gmail&ust=1761421187863000&usg=AOvVaw172z3RrnNjppMhCwH0M_B4">criticize</a> New Jersey for allowing abortion “up until the moment of birth,” because the state is one of just nine nationally that sets no limit on when someone can end their pregnancy.
But clinics here don’t provide abortions past the second trimester, which means people who seek abortions after then must head to other states.
Well, thankfully, that’s about to change.
That’s expected to change next year, when a nonprofit aims to open an all-trimester clinic in Hudson County that will provide abortion up to 34 weeks…
New Jersey is now considered a “safe haven” [think about that for a moment] for women seeking abortion. But there are, currently, at least, some limits.
[M]ost New Jersey clinics cut off abortion access the later a woman goes into pregnancy, with Planned Parenthood providing it up to 16 weeks and 6 days and just two clinics, in Cherry Hill and Englewood, performing the procedure up to 27 weeks and six days into pregnancy. For New Jersey patients seeking abortions at or after 28 weeks, the closest clinics are in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
“At or after 28 weeks.” Have you seen a pregnant woman at or after 28 weeks? I did, just last night. How anyone could abort a child that advanced is beyond my ability to comprehend.
Tasy, the executive director of New jersey Right to Life, was quoted in DiFilippo’s story. She said it all:
if Brandi and Obando are allowed to move forward with their clinic, it “would leave an indelible stain on New Jersey.”
“This clinic’s stated mission is deeply perverse, making it one of the most extreme examples of the abortion industry’s lack of humanity,” Tasy said.
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<title>Arkansas Has Passed 63 Laws Saving Babies From Abortion</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Cox]]></dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[From 2011 to 2025, the Arkansas Legislature passed at least 63 measures protecting and upholding the sanctity of innocent human life from conception until natural death. Some of those good laws have been challenged in court or amended through other pieces of legislation. The vast majority are on the books and in effect today. On […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[From 2011 to 2025, the Arkansas Legislature passed at least 63 measures protecting and upholding the sanctity of innocent human life from conception until natural death.
Some of those good laws have been challenged in court or amended through other pieces of legislation. The vast majority are on the books and in effect today.
On June 24, 2022, <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=24523">the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade</a>, changing the landscape of abortion laws across the country and making it possible for states like Arkansas to prohibit abortion except to save the life of the mother.
However, it’s worth remembering that Arkansas has passed dozens of good laws protecting innocent human life.
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Below is a rundown of the 63 pro-life laws the Arkansas Legislature has enacted since 2011.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pro-Life Laws Currently Prohibiting Abortion in Arkansas</h2>
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the following two laws took effect prohibiting abortion in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother.
Act Number: Act 180 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) 
Summary: This good law prohibits abortion in Arkansas if Roe v. Wade is overturned, except in cases when the mother’s life is in jeopardy. Family Council worked closely with Sen. Rapert to pass this good bill. <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=24531">It took effect June 24, 2022</a>. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 309 of 2021 
Sponsor: Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) 
Summary: This good law prohibits abortion in Arkansas, except in cases when the mother’s life is in jeopardy. Family Council worked closely with Sen. Rapert to pass this good bill. It initially was challenged in court in 2021, but <a href="https://familycouncil.org/?p=24594">the lawsuit against it was dropped</a> following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. 
Status: In Effect
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Other Pro-Life Measures Enacted Since 2011</h2>
Arkansas has enacted a number of laws over the years restricting or prohibiting abortion. Although abortion is prohibited in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother, the Arkansas General Assemble has passed the following laws, which technically are in effect unless otherwise noted.
Arkansas has also enacted end-of-life laws protecting people from assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Act Number: Act 1176 of 2011 
Sponsor: Representative Butch Wilkins (D – Jonesboro) 
Summary: This law requires any facility performing 10 or more abortions per month to be inspected by the Arkansas Department of Health. This bill closed a loophole in the law that allowed a “women’s clinic” in Fayetteville to perform abortions for years without inspection. It also requires Planned Parenthood facilities that dispense abortion-causing drugs to be inspected by the Health Department. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 1037 of 2013 
Sponsor: Sen. Jim Hendren (R-Gravette) and Rep. Nate Steel (D-Nashville) 
Summary: This fetal homicide law lets prosecutors charge criminals with the death of an unborn child at any stage of development. It replaces the word “fetus” with the word “unborn child” in state code, and it permits legal action for the wrongful death of an unborn child at any stage of pregnancy. This moves Arkansas another step toward personhood for the unborn, and it aligns our law with laws in at least 28 other states. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 725 of 2013 
Sponsor: Rep. Charlene Fite (R-Van Buren) and Sen. Bart Hester (R-Cave Springs) 
Summary: This law requires abortion clinic employees to report child abuse. Minors seeking an abortion may be victims of child abuse, rape, or incest. This law requires abortion clinic employees and volunteers to report suspected child abuse, and it requires any evidence of abuse to be sent to the State Crime Lab for preservation. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 171 of 2013 
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Mayberry (R-Hensley) and Sen. Bart Hester (R-Cave Springs) 
Summary: The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act prohibits abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, except in cases of rape, incest, or a medical emergency. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 156 of 2013 
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R-Branch) and Rep. Bob Ballinger (R- Hindsville) 
Summary: This law affirms a pregnant woman’s legal right to use physical, deadly force to defend her unborn child at any stage of development against an attacker. This law moves Arkansas another step toward personhood for the unborn. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 72 of 2013 
Sponsor: Rep. Butch Wilkins (D-Bono) and Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R-Rogers) 
Summary: This law prohibits government-funded health insurance exchanges from paying for abortions under Obamacare. Under Obamacare, states can vote to prohibit the use of tax dollars to pay for abortions. This law prevents government-funded healthcare plans from paying for abortions in Arkansas, except in case of rape or incest. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 1086 of 2015 
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Jim Hendren (R – Gravette) 
Summary: This law replaces the Woman’s Right to Know Act of 2001 with a much better law. It extends the waiting period for an abortion to a full 48 hours. It no longer allows abortion clinics to provide women with the “informed consent” information over the phone. It requires the information to be provided in person and in private—not in a group setting. It requires the abortion provider to give the woman the information rather than “offering” it to her. It also expands and updates the information women are provided. Since its enactment, reports from the state Department of Health show that hundreds of women each year have chosen not to have abortions after receiving this informed-consent information.
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 139 of 2015 
Sponsor: Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) and Rep. Julie Mayberry (R – Hensley) 
Summary: This law prevents abortionists from prescribing abortion-inducing drugs like RU-486 remotely via telemedicine or webcam. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 1014 of 2015 
Sponsor: Rep. Julie Mayberry and Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) 
Summary: This law prevents abortionists from prescribing abortion-inducing drugs like RU-486 remotely via telemedicine or webcam. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 934 of 2015 
Sponsor: Rep. Justin Harris (R – West Fork), Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale), and Sen. Linda Collins-Smith (R – Pocahontas) 
Summary: This law makes it harder for abortionists to perform abortions on minors. It makes several improvements to state law, including requiring proof that the adult bringing the girl for the abortion is really the girl’s parent or guardian. In addition, it requires judges asked to grant a judicial bypass to the state’s parental consent laws to consider a list of specific factors related to granting the exemption. It also improves the recordkeeping requirements for abortions performed on minors.
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 996 of 2015 
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Stubblefied (R – Branch) and Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) 
Summary: This law prevents abortion providers from receiving public tax dollars. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 45 of 2017 
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Mayberry (R – Hensley) and Sen. David Sanders (R – Little Rock) 
Summary: This law prohibits certain abortion procedures—such as D&E abortion procedures—in which an unborn baby is dismembered. It does not affect other common abortion procedures—such as chemical abortion or suction abortion procedures. Act 45 contains an exception for dismemberment abortions performed to prevent a serious health risk to the woman. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 392 of 2017 
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch) and Rep. Charlene Fite (R – Van Buren) 
Summary: This law protects babies who survive an abortion from being killed or denied medical treatment after birth. In other states we have heard reports of live babies killed or left to die following botched abortions. Act 392 forces abortionists to call 911 if a baby is born alive during an abortion procedure. It requires doctors to give the baby medical treatment, and it prevents people from withholding nourishment from a baby who survives an abortion. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 603 of 2017 
Sponsor: Rep. Kim Hammer (R – Benton) and Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) 
Summary: Act 603 prohibits experimentation on organs and tissue harvested from unborn babies, and it generally requires aborted babies be respectfully cremated or buried. This law helps humanize aborted babies. It also potentially cuts into the profit margins of abortion businesses by preventing them from buying or selling aborted baby parts. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 385 of 2017 
Sponsor: Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson (R – Little Rock) and Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R – Clarksville) 
Summary: This law prohibits “wrongful birth” lawsuits in Arkansas. “Wrongful birth” lawsuits typically are brought by the parents of a baby born with a disability or genetic disorder. Oftentimes the parents sue their doctors or the hospital at which their child was born, claiming that had they known their child was at risk of being born with a disability, they would have had an abortion. Some parents will even go so far as to call their children financial burdens or claim their children never should have been born. This good law affirms human life by prohibiting people from suing doctors and hospitals based on the claim a child should have been aborted.
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 504 of 2017 
Sponsor: Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) 
Summary: This good law makes it easier for people to make healthcare decisions as they near the end of life, but it’s carefully worded to prevent euthanasia or assisted-suicide in Arkansas. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 733 of 2017 
Sponsor: Rep. Charlie Collins (R – Fayetteville) and Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) 
Summary: Act 733 prohibits abortions performed due to the baby’s sex—also known as sex-selection abortion. The law requires an abortionist to inform a woman seeking an abortion that sex-selection abortion is illegal. A doctor that performs a sex-selection abortion can be criminally prosecuted. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 1018 of 2017 
Sponsor: Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R – Corning) 
Summary: This law requires abortion clinics to notify the State Crime Lab and appropriate authorities after performing an abortion on a girl under 17. This helps investigators determine if the girl has been the victim of sexual assault. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 801 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch) and Rep. Spencer Hawks (R – Conway) 
Summary: This good law makes several improvements to Arkansas’ abortion laws. It expands the waiting period for an abortion from 48 hours to 72 hours. This will give women more time to consider all their options besides abortion—which will make them less likely to have an abortion. We estimate this law will save as many as 50–100 unborn children each year. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 930 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R – Rogers) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) 
Summary: This good law increases the penalty for physician-assisted suicide in Arkansas. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 953 of 2019 
Sponsor: Rep. Clint Penzo (R – Springdale) and Sen. Kim Hammer (R – Benton) 
Summary: This good law requires abortionists to give women information about perinatal palliative care. Modern medicine has made it possible to test unborn children for deadly fetal abnormalities, and most children who test positive for these abnormalities are aborted. Perinatal hospice services provide palliative care for women whose unborn children are not expected to survive to birth or live long following birth. They provide emotional support for the woman and her family and hospice services for the child after birth. Data shows when women know about perinatal hospice services, they are less likely to have an abortion. This will help women choose options besides abortion when their unborn child has a life-threatening condition.
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 653 of 2019 
Sponsor: Rep. Karilyn Brown (R – Sherwood) and Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Bull Shoals) 
Summary: This good law prohibits public funds from being used to clone or kill unborn children for scientific research. It protects unborn children from being treated like lab material. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 185 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R – Rogers) and Rep. Rebecca Petty (R – Rogers) 
Summary: This good law updates Arkansas’ Safe Haven Act. It lets a woman surrender her newborn to law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, or medical personnel. Arkansas’ Safe Haven Act protects children from being abandoned, and it provides women with options besides abortion. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 522 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) and Rep. Joe Cloud (R – Russellville) 
Summary: This good law amends Arkansas’ informed-consent law for abortion to ensure women know how to find information about chemical abortion pill reversal. Doctors have demonstrated that chemical abortion drugs can be counteracted if the woman receives treatment quickly. This law ensures women know about this possibility. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 620 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Trent Garner (R – El Dorado) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) 
Summary: This good law requires abortionists to report complications arising from an abortion. The abortion reporting required by this law will help Arkansas craft even better pro-life laws in the future. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 1057 of 2019 
Sponsor: by Rep. Jim Dotson (R – Bentonville) and Sen. Bob Ballinger (R – Berryville) 
Summary: This good law prohibits the state from using public funds to abort the baby of a pregnant woman in state custody. This will ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t used to perform abortions on women in state prison or girls in the state foster care system. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 493 of 2019 
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) 
Summary: This good law prohibits abortion in Arkansas during or after the eighteenth week of pregnancy unless the mother’s life or physical health is in serious jeopardy. Our team estimates that this law will save upwards of 170–200 unborn children from abortion each year. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 619 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Trent Garner (R – El Dorado) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) 
Summary: This good law prohibits abortions performed because the baby has Down Syndrome. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 700 of 2019 
Sponsor: Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) 
Summary: This good law requires an abortionist to be a board-certified or board-eligible OB/GYN. This law will protect women from dangerous abortion practices and cut down on the number of doctors performing abortions. The bill also updates Arkansas’ definition of a “viable fetus.” Updating this definition will make it easier to pass and enforce pro-life legislation in Arkansas. Planned Parenthood dubbed this pro-life bill “the worst” one they faced in 2019—so you know it’s a good law.
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 498 of 2021 
Sponsor: Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R – Rogers) and Rep. Joe Cloud (R – Russellville) 
Summary: This good law requires an abortionist to show an ultrasound image of the unborn baby to the pregnant woman before an abortion. Studies show that women may be more likely to choose not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound image of the unborn child. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 358 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch) 
Summary: This good law helps prevent abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 560 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Mountain Home) 
Summary: This good law outlines the informed-consent process for chemical abortion. Arkansas’ current informed-consent laws for abortion are geared primarily for surgical abortion procedures. Act 560 will help ensure women get all the facts about chemical abortion — including its risks, consequences, and pro- life alternatives. This will help save many unborn children from abortion. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 562 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R – Corning) 
Summary: This good law updates Arkansas’ restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs like RU-486. It outlines requirements that abortionists must follow in administering abortion-inducing drugs, which could help save unborn children from RU-486. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: H.C.R. 1007 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Wooten (R – Beebe) and Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway) 
Summary: This good resolution recognizes the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade abortion decision as “The Day of Tears” in Arkansas. The resolution acknowledges the 61 million unborn babies killed in abortion over the past five decades, and it encourages Arkansans to lower their flags to half-staff on January 22 to mourn the innocent children who have lost their lives. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 949 of 2021 
Sponsor: Sen. Charles Beckham (R – McNeil) and Rep. Joe Cloud (R – Russellville) 
Summary: This good law requires any facility that performs abortions to be licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health as an abortion facility, and it prohibits abortions in hospitals except in cases of medical emergency. This will help ensure that every clinic that performs abortions follows all of Arkansas’ laws concerning abortion facilities. This has the potential to save many women and unborn children from abortion. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 561 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Harlan Breaux (R – Holiday Island) and Sen. Bob Ballinger (R – Ozark) 
Summary: This good law prohibits government entities in Arkansas from engaging in transactions with abortion providers and affiliates of abortion providers. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 820 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Lowery (R – Maumelle) 
Summary: This good law prohibits public schools in Arkansas from engaging in transactions with abortion providers. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 740 of 2021 
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Gilmore (R – Crossett) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) 
Summary: This good law requires abortion facilities to have transfer agreements with hospitals, and it fixes a flawed definition in a pro-life law passed in 2019. It also requires abortionists to provide women with information regarding human trafficking. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 392 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) and Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R – Branch) 
Summary: This good law affirms the right of municipalities in Arkansas to declare themselves pro-life. It also clarifies that Pro-Life Cities can install signs or banners announcing that they are pro-life. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 90 of 2021 
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Dotson (R – Bentonville) and Sen. Bob Ballinger (R – Ozark) 
Summary: This good law enacts legislation ensuring that women are offered information, assistance, and resources that could help them choose an option besides abortion. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 787 of 2021 
Sponsor: Sen. Blake Johnson (R – Corning) and Rep. Tony Furman (R – Benton) 
Summary: This good law requires the State of Arkansas to report abortion data to the federal Centers for Disease Control. It also tightens Arkansas law concerning abortion facility inspections, and it requires abortionists to file certain documentation when the woman is a victim of rape or incest. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 187 of 2022 
Sponsor: Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R – Texarkana) 
Summary: This good budget measure authorizes $1 million in state-funded grants for crisis pregnancy centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and social services agencies that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies for the state’s 2022-2023 budget cycle. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: H.R. 1010 of 2023 
Sponsor: Rep. Cindy Crawford (R – Fort Smith) 
Summary: This good resolution recognizes the vital role of pregnancy help organizations in Arkansas. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 68 of 2023 
Sponsor: Rep. Julie Mayberry (R – Hensley) and Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) 
Summary: This good law permits Safe Haven Baby Boxes at volunteer fire stations in Arkansas. Arkansas Right to Life was the lead pro-life proponent of this good law. Family Council was proud to support their efforts. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 310 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Kim Hammer (R – Benton) and Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) 
Summary: This good law authorizes a monument on the Arkansas Capitol Grounds commemorating the unborn children whose lives were lost in abortion. Arkansas Right to Life was the lead pro-life proponent of this good law. Family Council was proud to support their efforts. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 622 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Bull Shoals) and Rep. Lane Jean (R – Magnolia) 
Summary: This good budget measure authorizes $1 million in state-funded grants for crisis pregnancy centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and social services agencies that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies for the state’s 2023-2024 budget cycle. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 699 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Joshua Bryant (R – Rogers) and Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) 
Summary: This good law expands the law that lets cities, counties, and other political subdivisions of the state pass resolutions affirming that they are Pro-Life. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 700 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Gilmore (R – Crossett) and Rep. Mindy McAlindon (R – Centerton) 
Summary: This good law amends the legislative declarations in the Arkansas Family Planning Act of 1973. The law deletes legislative findings in state law that claim, “Continuing population growth either causes or aggravates many social, economic, and environmental problems, both in this state and in the nation,” and that “contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information as to and procedures for voluntary sterilization are not sufficiently available as a practical matter to many persons in this state.”
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 702 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Gilmore (R – Crossett) and Rep. Mindy McAlindon (R – Centerton) 
Summary: This good law clarifies that the State Medical Board will revoke the license of a physician who violates Arkansas’ laws against abortion-inducing drugs. This will help ensure Arkansas has strong penalties for dispensing illegal abortion drugs in the state. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 653 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Jim Dotson (R – Bentonville) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) 
Summary: This good law says that a public school or open-enrollment public charter school shall not knowingly enter into any type of transaction with an individual or entity that offers or provides abortion referrals. This will help keep public schools from contracting with organizations like Planned Parenthood in Arkansas. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 559 of 2023 
Sponsor: Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) and Rep. Lee Johnson (R – Greenwood) 
Summary: This good law clarifies that a physician must perform an ultrasound before referring a woman to an abortionist. Studies indicate women are less likely to choose abortion after seeing their child on an ultrasound screen. Currently, doctors in Arkansas are able to refer women to abortionists out of state. Federal law generally prevents state legislatures from prohibiting these abortion referrals altogether, but Act 559 will help restrict these abortion referrals and let women see an ultrasound image of their unborn child. Arkansas Right to Life was the lead pro-life proponent of this good bill. Family Council was proud to support their efforts.
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 848 of 2023 
Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R – Knoxville) and Sen. Clint Penzo (R – Springdale) 
Summary: This good law specifies that abortions performed to save the life of the mother must take place in a hospital or emergency room. This bill will help clarify Arkansas’ restrictions on abortion, and it will protect women’s health by ensuring that any abortion performed to save the mother’s life takes place in a facility that is properly equipped to handle medical emergencies. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 125 of 2024 
Sponsor: Sen. John Payton (R — Wilburn) 
Summary: This good measure provides $2 million in funding in state-funded grants for crisis pregnancy centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and social services agencies that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies for the state’s 2024-2025 budget cycle. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 387 of 2025 
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R — Elm Springs) and Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R — Texarkana) 
Summary: This good law clarifies Arkansas’ law that prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency. Act 387 clarifies the definition of “medical emergency,” strengthens legal protections for doctors who treat pregnant women, closes possible loopholes in the current abortion law, and makes it clear that abortion remains illegal in Arkansas except to save the mother’s life. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 485 of 2025 
Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Gazaway (R — Paragould) and Sen. Ben Gilmore (R – Crossett) 
Summary: This good law clarifies that it is a crime to secretly give a pregnant woman abortion-inducing drugs without her knowledge or consent. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 915 of 2025 
Sponsor: Sen. Breanne Davis (R — Russellville) and Rep. Kendra Moore (R — Lincoln) 
Summary: This good law makes it possible for public school students to see a recording of a high-definition ultrasound video as part of human fetal growth and development education courses and learn important facts about how unborn children develop in the womb. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 973 of 2025 
Sponsor: Sen. Clint Penzo (R — Springdale) and Rep. Karilyn Brown (R — Sherwood) 
Summary: This good law prohibits abortions performed due to the unborn baby’s race if Arkansas’ pro-life laws are ever amended or struck down. 
Status: In Effect
Act Number: Act 1006 of 2025 
Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee 
Summary: This state budget measure includes $2 million in funding in state-funded grants for crisis pregnancy centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and social services agencies that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies for the state’s 2025-2026 budget cycle. 
Status: In Effect
<h2 id="pro-life-laws-previously-in-court" class="wp-block-heading">Pro-Life Laws Previously In Court</h2>
The following laws were challenged in court and affected by court rulings or subsequent legislation.
Act Number: Act 301 of 2013 
Sponsor: Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Conway) and Rep. Ann Clemmer (R-Benton) 
Summary: This law prohibits abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy except in cases of rape, incest, if the mother’s life is at stake, or in cases of highly lethal fetal disorders. It allows the State Medical Board to establish rules and regulations for implementation of this law. Governor Beebe vetoed the bill, but his veto was overridden. 
Status: Partially In Effect. Federal courts struck part of this law, but upheld parts of the law dealing with informed-consent to abortion.
Act Number: Act 577 of 2015 
Sponsor: Rep. Charlene Fite (R – Van Buren) and Sens. Cecile Bledsoe and Linda Collins-Smith (R – Pocahontas) 
Summary: This law requires abortion providers to follow FDA protocols when they administer abortion-causing drugs. 
Status: The ACLU challenged the law in court, but dropped its lawsuit in November of 2018. The law remained in effect until 2021, when it was replaced by Act 560 of 2021 and Act 562 of 2021.
Act Number: Act 383 of 2017 
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Bull Shoals) 
Summary: This law says that abortion clinics must be inspected at least annually. The inspections will be unannounced—meaning abortion clinics won’t have any warning ahead of time. It lets Health Department officials inspect clinic records to make sure clinics are following laws like Arkansas’ informed-consent and parental-consent laws. Most importantly, it lets the Health Department immediately close any abortion clinic that fails inspection. It also closes some loopholes abortion clinics have been using to skirt some of Arkansas’ other really good, pro-life laws. Act 383 literally gives the State of Arkansas the tools it needs to shut down abortion clinics.
Status: Replaced. The ACLU challenged the law in court, but dropped its lawsuit in April of 2019. Act 383 was largely repealed and replace by Act 162 of 2023 and Act 848 of 2023.
LifeNews Note: Jerry Cox is the president of the Arkansas Family Council.
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