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Arkansas Named Most Pro-Life State in America for Seventh Year in a Row

Arkansas Governor news releases·Oct 28, 2026 · 2:14 PM CT
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined Americans United for Life and the Arkansas Family Council in Alexander on Wednesday to announce that Arkansas has again been ranked the most pro-life state in the country. It is the seventh year in a row Arkansas has topped the group's annual ranking, which scores all 50 states on laws covering the unborn, elderly, disabled and terminally ill.

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