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Friday, March 1, 2013

Arkansas Politics Rapert taps mind of God

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:06 PM

The future of Arkansas women, Rapert-style.

The future of Arkansas women, Rapert-style.

Sen. Jason "fetuses are the key to my political success" Rapert tweeted to Amy Bradley-Hole the following:

Got that? Unless you agree with Rapert, God's anointed, you are no Christian. KATV found this tweet so obnoxious that it re-tweeted it to get reader opinion.

Rapert's 12-week abortion ban uses the movement of heart tissue, rather than other differentiating cells, because you can hear them. These cells aren't pumping blood but they do beat, and Rapert, who apparently hears God in a way the rest of us aren't Christian enough to hear, says that talks louder than a woman's right to life and liberty.

We'll be wearing veils in a few years if Rapert-style governing takes hold. Time to go into the burka business. And coathanger manufacturing.

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Arkansas Politics Rapert taps mind of God

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:06 PM

Speaking of Jason Rapert

With implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act's major provisions gearing up in Arkansas, the potential involvement of Planned Parenthood is stirring controversy among Republican lawmakers. /more/

Hiring "navigators" and Planned Parenthood to help spend more of our Grandkid's money. #Obamacare #selfish— Jim Hendren (@JimHendren1) June 16, 2013 There is plenty of political profit for Republicans in slamming Planned Parenthood, so expect more of the above. /more/

Roby Brock reports that Highway Commissioner John Burkhalter will announce this afternoon that he is running for lieutenant governor. /more/

When someone lamented the starvation of millions in the Ukraine, Joseph Stalin is supposed to have observed that "one death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is only a statistic." /more/

State Sen. Jason Rapert, the Republican from Conway who authored Arkansas's 12-week abortion ban, which has not gone into effect thanks to a federal court injunction, announced today he'll see re-election to his Senate seat in 2014. /more/

The word from the federal courthouse is that federal Judge Susan Webber Wright has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the new Arkansas law that was meant to bar most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy. /more/

Leslie Newell Peacock will be in federal court for us this morning for the preliminary injunction hearing on the lawsuit challenging the new state law prohibiting most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. /more/

For better or for worse. /more/

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Gov. Beebe has agreed to seek legislative approval to transfer $1.1 million to the Higher Education department to help the students pay out-of-state tuition at dentistry, podiatry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, osteopathic medicine and optometry schools.

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