State House 13
1. Abortion: Arkansas’ current law that prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.
Mitchell Smith (Democrat)
Oppose
This is a law that imperils expectant mothers and leads to higher mortality outcomes for mothers. Access to reproductive health should be expanded and not restricted.
This is a law that imperils expectant mothers and leads to higher mortality outcomes for mothers. Access to reproductive health should be expanded and not restricted.
2. Abortion: Establishing a permanent funding stream to provide state-funded grants to charities that provide women with alternatives to abortion.
3. Education: The Arkansas LEARNS Act Educational Freedom Accounts that lets families use public dollars to pay for an education at a private school or homeschool.
Mitchell Smith (Democrat)
Oppose
Public dollars should go to public schools, where all officials are accountable to voters and the standards established be elected representatives.
Public dollars should go to public schools, where all officials are accountable to voters and the standards established be elected representatives.
4. Drugs: Legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas.
5. Tech: Requiring major social media websites to verify all users’ ages in order to protect children on their platforms.
6. Gambling: Letting casinos in Arkansas conduct gambling online.
7. Elections: Current ballot initiative efforts to change the Arkansas Constitution to make it easier for private individuals or entities to place measures on the ballot for a statewide vote.
8. Guns: Confiscation of firearms from citizens that the government deem a danger to themselves or others, otherwise known as red flag laws.
9. Marriage: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage.