SPRINGDALE, Ark. - The Springdale City Council passed a resolution designating it as Arkansas' "first pro-life
city."
The 6-1 decision came Tuesday night after council member Colby Fulfer brought the resolution before the Committee of the Whole on Aug. 5. Fulfer said the message
behind the proclamation is for Planned Parenthood to find another
city.
The health organization stopped providing services last month at its Fayetteville facility. The group said it will announce a new location.
Supporters and opponents of the resolution filled the council chambers and the lobby at the entrance during Tuesday night's vote, the Northwest Democrat-Gazette reported.
Keith Underhill urged the council to vote for the resolution.
"It's who we are," he
said.
Meanwhile, John Mathias, a nurse, said church and state should be separated, noting that Fulfer was sending the wrong message to northwest
Arkansas.