Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
House adopts ‘Day of Tears’ resolution
House lawmakers on Thursday on a voice vote adopted a resolution calling on Arkansans to lower flags to half staff on Jan. 22 in order to mourn aborted children.
House Concurrent Resolution 1007, by state Rep. Jim Wooten, R-Beebe, calls for Jan. 22 — the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision — to be remembered “in perpetuity, as the ‘Day of Tears.’”
“I’m saddened every day when I think of this loss of life in this so-called civil society,” Wooten said.
Several Democrats, including state Rep. Reginald Murdoch, D- Marianna, spoke against the resolution, saying it appeared to unfairly condemn women who received abortions, which are legal.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday he expects to lower the flag at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock.