Arkansas Awards $1 Million to Pregnancy Centers That Help Moms and Save Babies From Abortion

Last month the State of Arkansas finished awarding one million dollars to charities that support women and families with unplanned pregnancies.

Act 622 of 2023 by Sen. Scott Flippo (R – Bull Shoals) and Rep. Lane Jean (R – Magnolia) authorized $1 million in state-funded grants for crisis pregnancy centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and social services agencies that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.

This grant funding provides women and families with pro-life alternatives to abortion.

The measure directed the Department of Finance and Administration to distribute the state-funded grants to these pregnancy help organizations by June 30, 2024.

As of June 30, the State of Arkansas successfully distributed $999,999.77 to pregnancy help organizations for Fiscal Year 2024.

This money will help families, and it will have a tremendous, pro-life impact across the state.

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Now that abortion is prohibited in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother, we need to support women and families and eliminate the demand for abortion. This grant funding  does that. It provides women in Arkansas with actual pro-life options — meaning they are less likely to travel out of state for abortion.

In April, Governor Sanders signed a budget measure providing $2 million to support pregnancy help organizations and maternal and infant wellness in Arkansas for the state’s 2025 fiscal year — which began on Monday.

Besides increasing the grant funding from $1 million to $2 million, the new and improved budget measure also clarifies that “pregnancy help organizations” include nonprofit organizations that promote infant and maternal wellness and reduce infant and maternal mortality by:

• Providing nutritional information and/or nutritional counseling;
• Providing prenatal vitamins;
• Providing a list of prenatal medical care options;
• Providing social, emotional, and/or material support; or
• Providing referrals for WIC and community-based nutritional services, including but not limited to food banks, food pantries, and food distribution centers.

The measure includes language preventing state funds from going to abortionists and their affiliates.

The funding will provide additional grants to pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other organizations that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies in the coming months.

This is something all Arkansans should be proud of. Family Council is grateful to the General Assembly and Governor Sanders for supporting pro-life charities that serve women and families in Arkansas.

Below is a list of pregnancy help organizations that received grant funding in fiscal year 2024.