With North Carolina totally becoming more and more like Tehran but with
more Cracker Barrels and white people, it’s easy to forget that Arkansas
too is hell-bent on the complete and utter destruction of reason and
reproductive rights. If you’re looking for funding in these states, you
better hold up a sign that reads “former fetus.”

The GOP-controlled Legislature in Arkansas, a state notorious for having
the highest rate of teen pregnancies in the country, recently decided
that it doesn’t have quite enough maternity prom dress stores by passing
a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and kills a comprehensive sex
education program in the state’s public high schools. Is Bristol Palin
running the show there?

Rep. Gary Stubblefield (R-Branch), introduced a bill with the explicit
aim to block all state funds from going to any entity that provides
abortions or refers patients to other abortion providers. Who needs jobs
when there’s woman out there with free will? Despite the fact that
Planned Parenthood doesn’t receive a dime from the state, the bill aims
to ax all state-funded HIV and STI prevention programs in the state’s
public schools, of which Planned Parenthood is the administer. Thus,
giving poignant new meaning to ‘spilling the Arkansauce.’

The bill evidently passed the Senate by a vote of 19 to 11 and it now
moves to a vote in the state House of Representatives where it’s sure to
pass.


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