Arkansas

Baptist Press: “Arkansas has enacted what appears to be the most stringent ban on abortion in the country in the latest state effort to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its nearly 50-year-old decision legalizing the procedure.”

Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC): “Plaintiff Fields incorrectly claims that the ABSC was in control of the church and the pastor and therefore should have known about and prevented the alleged abuse. … The ABSC denies ever exercising any control over Millcreek or any other Arkansas Baptist church.

“The privately funded Arkansas monument had been in place outside the state Capitol in Little Rock for less than 24 hours before it was knocked from its plinth and smashed to pieces.” ABC News