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Another Group Announces Opposition to Arkansas Abortion Amendment

Apr 12, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

Opposition continues to form against the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.

Right now a group is working to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the November ballot. The measure would write abortion into the state constitution, and it would prevent the Arkansas Legislature from restricting abortion during the first five months of pregnancy — allowing thousands of elective abortions every year and paving the way for taxpayer-funded abortions in Arkansas.

On Wednesday, Students for Life of America filed ballot question committee paperwork with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, announcing it would oppose the abortion amendment.

The pro-life organization is headquartered in Virginia and has a staff of nearly 80 full-time employees. Part of the group’s mission includes training and equipping students about abortion.

Students for Life is the latest organization to stand against the abortion amendment. Others include:

Arkansas Right to Life and Family Council Action Committee, both of whom have launched “Decline to Sign” campaigns to disqualify and defeat the abortion measure.
Choose Life Arkansas — which is made up of pro-life leaders from across the state — has also formed a campaign to defeat the amendment.
NWA Coalition for Life, which includes pro-life leaders from the Northwest Arkansas area.
The Arkansas Committee For Ethics Policy
The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
Stronger Arkansas
Stop Abortion On Demand

You can download a copy of the abortion abortion amendment here.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Group Backing Abortion Amendment Announces Petition Canvassing Locations Through End of June

Apr 12, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

The group backing an abortion amendment in Arkansas has scheduled petition canvassing locations through the end of June.

Arkansans for Limited Government is collecting more than 90,000 petition signatures by July 5 to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the November ballot.

The measure would write abortion into the state constitution, and it would prevent the Arkansas Legislature from restricting abortion during the first five months of pregnancy — allowing thousands of elective abortions every year and paving the way for taxpayer-funded abortions in Arkansas.

The measure also contains sweeping health exceptions that permit abortion up to birth in many cases, and it does not contain any medical licensing or safety standards for abortionists and abortion facilities.

According to the group’s website, supporters of the abortion amendment are collecting petition signatures at 15 permanent locations in Arkansas.

The group also is collecting signatures at “events, pop-ups, and drive-thru locations” from now through the end of June.

Canvassing locations appear to be concentrated in central and northwest Arkansas.

The amendment faces strong opposition from multiple grassroots organizations and elected officials in Arkansas. Many pro-life organizations are urging voters to “decline to sign” the abortion petition this year.

You can download a copy of the abortion amendment here.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Arkansas Legislature Convenes for Fiscal Session

Apr 11, 2024Jerry CoxLegislatureArkansas Legislature

The Arkansas Legislature convened its 2024 fiscal session on Wednesday.

Lawmakers have pre-filed 142 budget measures ahead of this session — the vast majority of which simply appropriate funds for state agencies in the coming 2025 fiscal year.

One of Family Council’s goals for the 2024 budget session is to work with lawmakers to secure an appropriation that will provide funding for pro-life pregnancy resource centers in the state.

In 2022 we worked with the legislature and the governor to secure $1 million in funding for pregnancy centers. We did the same thing last year as well.

This funding has gone to good organizations across the state that give women and families real assistance when faced with an unplanned pregnancy.

Since the 2022 Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade, state legislatures around the country have ramped up state funding for pregnancy help organizations, and Arkansas risks lagging behind other states if we don’t provide adequate funding for these organizations.

More than 50 pregnancy help organizations serve thousands of women in Arkansas. Providing them with assistance from state-funded grants enables them to do even more in our state.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.