Group Forms to Oppose Abortion, Marijuana, Education Amendments
On Friday the group Stronger Arkansas filed ballot question committee paperwork announcing it would work to disqualify and/or defeat the Arkansas Abortion Amendment, the marijuana amendment, and the Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024.
Arkansans for Limited Government is collecting petition signatures to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the November ballot.
The amendment 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.
Another group is circulating petitions to place a marijuana amendment on the ballot this November.
The amendment would change Arkansas’ medical marijuana law to enable recreational marijuana statewide. No longer would marijuana users need to suffer from a specific medical condition.
The amendment would drastically expand Arkansas’ laws to make it possible for people to grow and use marijuana at home. This would make it easier for people to use marijuana recreationally.
The amendment also would openly legalize marijuana in Arkansas if federal laws against marijuana are repealed.
The Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024 would change Arkansas’ constitution concerning education.
Among other things, the amendment would require private schools that receive public funding to be accredited like a public school. This could have significant ramifications for private schools that receive public funding under the state’s 2023 LEARNS Act.
A growing list of organizations in Arkansas oppose the abortion amendment.
Arkansas Right to Life and Family Council Action Committee both have launched 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 has filed a Statement of Organization last month announcing it is working against the abortion amendment. The group includes pro-life leaders from the Northwest Arkansas area.
On March 1 the Arkansas Committee For Ethics Policy filed paperwork with the State indicating it opposes the abortion amendment.
On March 6 the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock also filed a Statement of Organization announcing it opposes the amendment.
The groups circulating petitions for the abortion amendment, marijuana amendment, and education amendment have until July 5 to collect the nearly 91,000 petition signatures necessary to place their measures on the ballot.
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