State House 52
1. Abortion: Arkansas’ current law that prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Support
I support Arkansas's law because it protects the unborn while allowing doctors to act in true medical emergencies to save a mother's life. We should always value life, support women in crisis, and ensure compassionate care when it is needed most.
I support Arkansas's law because it protects the unborn while allowing doctors to act in true medical emergencies to save a mother's life. We should always value life, support women in crisis, and ensure compassionate care when it is needed most.
2. Abortion: Establishing a permanent funding stream to provide state-funded grants to charities that provide women with alternatives to abortion.
Brent Montgomery (Republican)
Support
We should be pro-life through and through. That includes providing assistance to those in need to ensure the healthy birth and continued life of the next generation.
We should be pro-life through and through. That includes providing assistance to those in need to ensure the healthy birth and continued life of the next generation.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Support
I support creating a permanent funding stream for charities that give women real alternatives to abortion. These organi-zations provide counseling, medical care, housing, adoption services, and parenting support that help women choose life and build a stable future for their families. By investing in community-based and faith-based groups, Arkansas can reduce the demand for abortion while offering compassion-ate, practical help to women in crisis.
I support creating a permanent funding stream for charities that give women real alternatives to abortion. These organi-zations provide counseling, medical care, housing, adoption services, and parenting support that help women choose life and build a stable future for their families. By investing in community-based and faith-based groups, Arkansas can reduce the demand for abortion while offering compassion-ate, practical help to women in crisis.
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.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Support
I support the LEARNS Act it empowers parents to choose what’s best for their kids. We must keep improving education for all Arkansas students.
I support the LEARNS Act it empowers parents to choose what’s best for their kids. We must keep improving education for all Arkansas students.
4. Drugs: Legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Oppose
I oppose legalizing recreational marijuana it would increase addiction, impair public safety, and hurt Arkansas families and communities.
I oppose legalizing recreational marijuana it would increase addiction, impair public safety, and hurt Arkansas families and communities.
5. Tech: Requiring major social media websites to verify all users’ ages in order to protect children on their platforms.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Support
Requiring age verification on social media helps protect kids from harmful content, predators, and exploitation, while holding big tech accountable for keeping their platforms safe.
Requiring age verification on social media helps protect kids from harmful content, predators, and exploitation, while holding big tech accountable for keeping their platforms safe.
6. Gambling: Letting casinos in Arkansas conduct gambling online.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Oppose
I oppose online casino gambling it risks addiction, targets vulnerable Arkansans, and expands gambling into every home with little oversight or community benefit.
I oppose online casino gambling it risks addiction, targets vulnerable Arkansans, and expands gambling into every home with little oversight or community benefit.
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.
Brent Montgomery (Republican)
Our current law already gives Arkansas citizens the ability to place measures on the ballot, and I fully believe in and support the citizens’ right to do so. However, I also believe we need safeguards in place to protect our Constitution from out-of-state, big-money, liberal interest groups who try to buy their way onto our ballot.
I strongly support Arkansas citizens having their voices heard, but I am firmly opposed to outside interest groups using their money and influence to override the will of our people.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Oppose
I oppose weakening ballot rules it risks out-of-state groups rewriting our constitution. We must protect it from outside influence and preserve Arkansas values.
I oppose weakening ballot rules it risks out-of-state groups rewriting our constitution. We must protect it from outside influence and preserve Arkansas values.
8. Guns: Confiscation of firearms from citizens that the government deem a danger to themselves or others, otherwise known as red flag laws.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Oppose
I oppose red flag laws because they allow firearms to be taken without full due process. We should protect public safety without violating constitutional rights or presuming guilt.
I oppose red flag laws because they allow firearms to be taken without full due process. We should protect public safety without violating constitutional rights or presuming guilt.
9. Marriage: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage.
Kristain Thompson (Republican)
Oppose
I oppose the ruling because I believe marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman, as defined by Scripture.
I oppose the ruling because I believe marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman, as defined by Scripture.