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CBN News Talks to Pro-Lifers About Proposed Abortion Amendment

Mar 29, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

CBN News recently traveled to Arkansas to report on a proposal that would write abortion into the state constitution.

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.

CBN News interviewed the amendment’s supporters and its opponents, giving pro-lifers the opportunity to talk about how “extremely deceptive” the amendment is.

You can watch that news segment below.

Family Council Intends to Support Funding for Pregnancy Centers at State Legislature

Mar 28, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Arkansas Legislature, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The Arkansas Legislature will convene for its budget session on April 10, and Family Council is gearing up to be there in support of good, pro-life efforts in the state.

Now that abortion is mostly prohibited, we need to make it irrelevant and unthinkable.

That’s why in 2022 we worked with the legislature and the governor to secure $1 million in funding for pregnancy centers. We did the same in 2023.

This funding has gone to good organizations across the state that provide women and families with real assistance in the face of an unplanned pregnancy.

We intend to be back at the state capitol in April to work for an even larger appropriation that will provide funding for these centers in the coming fiscal year.

More than 50 pregnancy help organizations are serving thousands of women in Arkansas. We are glad to help these organizations do even more.

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

More Opposition Forms Against Arkansas Abortion Amendment

Mar 27, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

Opposition continues to form against the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.

Last week the group Stop Abortion On Demand Amendment filed ballot question committee paperwork with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, announcing it would oppose the abortion amendment.

The group’s officers and members include Arkansas legislators.

Stop Abortion On Demand is the latest group to come out 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

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.