Last Abortion Business in Arkansas is Closing Down, State Will Now be Abortion-Free
September 1, 2022 | Arkansas
According to a statement on its website, Arkansas’ only licensed surgical abortion facility — which, as far as Family Council can tell, has not performed any abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade last June — will officially close effective Thursday, September 1.
Little Rock Family Planning Services has operated at different locations since 1973. It has utilized its current facility in west Little Rock since the late 1990s, and tens of thousands of unborn children have been aborted at the facility during that time.
Over the years, Family Council has reported on various incidents at the facility — including ambulance transports and close calls between pro-lifers and vehicles outside the location. In 2021 we wrote about a group of pro-life protesters charged with trespassing at the facility.
For many years pro-lifers have gathered regularly outside the facility to peacefully pray that abortion would end and that the surgical abortion facility would close. That finally is happening.
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On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. Within hours, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge certified that, according to state law, abortion is prohibited in Arkansas except when the mother’s life is at risk — effectively ending abortion in Arkansas immediately…. (Excerpt from Lifenews.com)
