• Three different bills have been filed addressing income tax credits and unborn children in Arkansas.
• S.B. 261 by Sen. John Payton (R – Wilburn) and Rep. Delia Haak (R – Siloam Springs) is a very simple bill that lets a person claim an unborn child as a dependent for income tax credit purposes.
• Changing how Arkansas’ tax code treats unborn children may not seem like much, but this type of legislation reinforces the fact that unborn children are living, human individuals under state law.

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