Reports filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission last week show the organization promoting the Arkansas Abortion Amendment raised $7,640 in January. The group currently has $21,250 at its disposal for the abortion amendment campaign.
Arkansans for Limited Government is backing the abortion measure. If passed, the amendment would write abortion into the state constitution, allowing thousands of elective abortions in Arkansas every year.
The measure prevents the Arkansas Legislature from restricting abortion during the first five months of pregnancy, and it contains sweeping health exceptions for abortion throughout all nine months.
It nullifies all state laws that conflict with the amendment — putting basic restrictions like parental consent and informed consent requirements in jeopardy and threatening to erase medical licensing standards for abortionists.
Arkansans for Limited Government is working to collect nearly 91,000 petition signatures to place the abortion amendment on the ballot, but several pro-life groups are working to disqualify and defeat the amendment.
Family Council Action Committee recently formed a ballot question committee to stop the 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 recently filed a Statement of Organization announcing it will work against the abortion amendment. The group includes pro-life leaders from the Northwest Arkansas area.
And Arkansas Right to Life is leading a Decline to Sign campaign encouraging voters not to sign petitions for the amendment.
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