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Arkansas Right to Life March held Sunday afternoon

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Updated: 1/21 9:18 am

Published: 1/20 2:21 pm

Little Rock, AR-- Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Little Rock Sunday for the Arkansas March for Life.

Planners say people come to remember the lives lost since the January 22, 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

"We are standing up for people who say abortion is okay because its not, its ending a life and that's never okay," said participant Bethany Jaques.

The group is putting action behind their words, working on three bills that would address the issue locally.

"One of them is to ban abortions on children who can feel pain, which is at 20 weeks. We are going to try to opt out abortion coverage in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. So we don't want funding for abortions. And then the last one is webcam abortions," said Arkansas Right to Life Executive Assistant Hannah Trice.

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ArkansasYankee - 1/21/2013 1:54 PM

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Way to go ladyofthehill, tell it like it is!

wpsark - 1/21/2013 9:36 AM

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@Butch, do you think that guns just have minds of their own and will aim themselve's and pull their own trigger..outlaw guns so that guns will stop killing people..makes sense to me

ladyofthehill - 1/21/2013 7:13 AM

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Murder in any shape form or fashion is WRONG just because it looks good on paper or what ever it is still wrong.This president that is so set on taking the guns is the biggest one for abortion.I know some may not believe in God but,one day there will be a judgement day and the excuses won't hold water.

ArkansasYankee - 1/20/2013 9:03 PM

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Butch: How do you compare the two? Since Roe vs. Wade 40 years ago, there have been more than 55 MILLION babies murdered. That's more than a million per year. According to the CDC, there were just over 30,000 killed by guns in 2011. Big difference. Both are "choices". One is legal across the board; the other, well, depends on whether you are defending yourself or the public. You once took an oath to protect the Constitution, which includes the 2nd Ammendment. I know you are smart enough to know what happens in countries when the people's right to own guns is taken away - they start to lose their other rights. You've made no secret of your past; honestly, would you own one if it were legal for you to do so? Perhaps you own one now? Your recent anti gun rants lead me to think of Aesop's "The Fox and the Grapes".

tiredofbs - 1/20/2013 8:24 PM

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thank you FOX 16 for taking the High Road and calling this by its proper name Arkansas Right To Life March

Think4Urself - 1/20/2013 6:47 PM

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Butch, you've lost our cotton pick'n mind. People murder people, not guns, not needles, not vehicles. Get off the drugs already.

Butch54 - 1/20/2013 5:20 PM

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Now yank here is something that you can compare to killing someone with a gun. Getting pregnant might of been an accident. The aborting it was not. It was a deliberate action. Just like taking a gun and shooting someone. If we should stop the abortion and stop the murder why not take the guns and do the same thing. But if we leave the guns and allow the killing why worry about abortion.

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