Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill to Prohibit Abortion if Roe Overturned

Arkansas Capitol

Jerry Cox, Contributing Author: Yesterday the Arkansas Legislature passed S.B. 149 by Sen. Jason Rapert (R – Conway).

This good bill prohibits abortion in Arkansas if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court or by a federal constitutional amendment.

The bill received 72 votes in the Arkansas House of Representatives yesterday, and 29 votes in the Arkansas Senate last week.

Out of 135 state legislators, only 26 lawmakers voted against the bill; eight representatives in the Arkansas House did not vote one way or the other on the bill.

You can find out how your state representative and state senator voted by looking at the information below.

ARKANSAS HOUSE VOTES
The Following Representatives Voted For the Bill:

Barker Beck Bentley Berry Boyd Bragg Breaux Brown Capp Cavenaugh Christiansen Cloud Coleman C. Cooper Cozart Crawford A. Davis M. Davis Deffenbaugh Della Rosa Dotson Eaves Eubanks Evans

C. Fite L. Fite Fortner Gates Gazaway Gonzales M. Gray Hawks Hillman G. Hodges Hollowell House Jean Jett L. Johnson Kelly Ladyman Lowery Lundstrum Lynch Maddox J. Mayberry McCollum McKenzie

McNair S. Meeks Miller Payton Penzo Petty Richey Richmond Rushing Rye Shepherd Slape B. Smith S. Smith Sorvillo Speaks Sullivan Tosh Vaught Wardlaw Watson Wing Womack Wooten

The Following Representatives Voted Against the Bill:

F. Allen Blake Burch Clowney A. Collins D. Douglas D. Ferguson K. Ferguson V. Flowers D. Garner

Glover Godfrey Love Magie McCullough Murdock Nicks Scott Walker D. Whitaker

The Following Representatives Did Not Vote:

Dalby Fielding M. Hodges Holcomb

Perry Pilkington Richardson Warren

SENATE VOTES
The Following Senator Voted For the Bill:

B. Ballinger Bledsoe Caldwell E. Cheatham A. Clark J. Cooper B. Davis J. Dismang L. Eads J. English

Flippo T. Garner K. Hammer J. Hendren Hester Hickey Hill Irvin B. Johnson M. Johnson

Maloch M. Pitsch Rapert Rice B. Sample G. Stubblefield J. Sturch Teague D. Wallace

The Following Senators Voted Against the Bill:

Bond L. Chesterfield Elliott

S. Flowers K. Ingram G. Leding

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Jerry Cox is the founder and president of Family Council and the Education Alliance and a contributing author to the ARRA News Service.

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