Extremist politicians and special interest groups are trying to divide us. From hateful attacks on our LGBTQ+ community to an assault on our voting rights to extreme attempts to restrict our right to an abortion or erase our racist history while perpetuating systemic inequality, they placed our rights, our healthcare and our very lives in jeopardy.
This is a perilous moment for our rights, but there are still ways to take action to support and protect abortion rights
Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, breaks down what you should keep in mind in the wake of the leaked draft.
The 2021 Arkansas state legislature has made an unprecedented attack on our reproductive rights. Earlier this year, Arkansas passed the highest number of abortion restrictions by any state in a single year since 1978, when Louisiana passed 20 restrictions. Then, the Texas legislature passed SB8, a bill ultimately taking away all access to abortion. Now, states across the nation have followed suit in threatening our rights with similarly extreme bills, including in Arkansas.
September 29, 2016Little Rock, AR – Just now, a federal district court ruled to protect Medicaid patients’ right to access birth control, cancer screenings, and other essential health services through Planned Parenthood of the Heartland health centers in Arkansas. This comes one week after a similar ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit protecting Medicaid patients in Louisiana.
ACLU Nationwide's new report on Catholic hospitals includes a story about Arkansas resident Jennafer Norris, who lives in Rogers:
Yesterday, in our case for Planned Parenthood, the 8th Circuit declined the state’s extraordinary request to prevent a class of women from receiving Medicaid services at Planned Parenthood. This is a small victory in the larger fight to ensure low income patients continue to receive medical care, including cancer screening, birth control, and other services Planned Parenthood provides. Contrary to the Governors' misleading statements, Medicaid funding may not be used to provide abortions.
House Bill 1228, called the "Conscience Protection Act" - by Rep. Bob Ballinger, R, Hindsville and Sen. Bart Hester, R, Cave Springs (both near Springdale): Seems to protect religious liberty, but actually allows people--and businesses--to use religion to discriminate against others.
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