Romero gets plenty of criticism but also an up vote from Senate rules committee
April 8, 20211:19 pm Members of the Arkansas Senate rules committee consider the appointment of José Romero, director of the Arkansas Department of Health.
Arkansas state senators tore into Health Department Director
Dr. José Romero Thursday at a meeting at which Romero was not present. The 10 senators present for the meeting ultimately voted 7-3 to forward Romero’s confirmation to the the full Senate for consideration today.
Republican senators
Trent Garner and
Gary Stubblefield lobbied hard against confirming Romero’s appointment to the directorship of the Arkansas Department of Health, a post to which Romero was appointed by Governor Hutchinson months ago. The trio of senators opposed to his appointment said they were dissatisfied with the way Romero handled the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. Romero discouraged its use, but Rapert and St
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Ultrasound abortion bill stalls in Arkansas Senate committee
Ultrasound abortion bill stalls in Arkansas Senate committee SEN. CECILE BLEDSOE (file photo) Brian Chilson
Not a single advocate for reproductive rights signed up to testify Wednesday in a committee meeting where state senators were expected to pass a bill requiring doctors to show women ultrasounds of their fetuses before those women can secure abortions. It’s hard to blame them. The eight-member committee is a solid red block, and Arkansas Republicans tend to fall in line on this issue.
But the bill, SB 85, was pulled at the last minute, after
Arkansas Right to Life spokesperson