Arkansas Lawmakers Approve Proposal for 'Momument to the Unborn,' Send it to Governor
Posted on AllSides March 15th, 2023
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is considering approval of a monument that would commemorate unborn babies aborted in Arkansas before Roe v. Wade was reversed. The Republican House approved the proposal in a 60-19 vote to create a "monument to the unborn" on the Capitol grounds, Fox News reports. The Senate previously approved the bill. The secretary of state will now be required to allow the monument and choose its location. The bill's House sponsor, Republican Rep. Mary Bentley, said the law would allow the state to raise private funds for...