Washington County First in Arkansas to Declare Itself 'Pro-Life'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Deakins explained to 5NEWS that while the resolution that Washington County is "Pro-Life" does not have a legal impact on abortion, it is intended to "send a clear message."
54% : A woman who identified herself as an "ordained Presbyterian pastor" who resides within the county said during her public comment she is "pro-lives," and named various identity categories she supports.
48% : "Abortion is normal health care that has been stigmatized in the name of religion," Angela Williams said.
45% : Abortion saves lives, and God blesses people who have abortions."
43% : Another grassroots pro-life initiative, Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn, is inviting local cities and towns to approve and enact ordinances that outlaw abortion within their limits.
42% : "I would encourage any mayor or city council member who is interested in seeing abortion outlawed in their city to not hesitate to reach out."
41% : If you want to legislate on abortion, go to Little Rock."
39% : "Washington County, Arkansas, did not ban abortion, but it is obvious that there was a strong desire by the leadership of the county to make a public stand against the murder of innocent unborn children," Mark Lee Dickson, founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative, told Breitbart News.
38% : "And now let me be clear, God does not hate abortion.
38% : "In the near future we will be hearing about a city, which is quite large in Arkansas, bringing forth an ordinance to outlaw abortion within their city limits," Dickson told Breitbart News.
37% : "Every day people across America are realizing that discussions on abortion, bans on gay conversion therapy, critical race theory, and slavery reparations are starting to take place in our city hall and county commission chambers," he noted.
37% : But Dickson, who is also the director of Right to Life of East Texas, explained Madison "is wrong to state that abortion should only be addressed in Little Rock and not in Washington County."
37% : "Arkansas is a pro-life state and they would be representing their constituents well to outlaw abortion within their jurisdiction," he added.
35% : "If unborn children are ever murdered by abortion in their county, it will not be their state capital's problem, but theirs," he observed.
31% : Currently, the Sanctuary Cities initiative includes 33 cities, 30 in Texas, two in Nebraska, and one in Ohio, that have banned abortion.
28% : "If you want to get rid of abortion, educate people and pass out birth control.

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