Another local group has formed to fight the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.
Earlier this month Saline Decline to Sign filed campaign paperwork with the Arkansas Ethics Commission announcing it would oppose the abortion measure. The group includes members of the Saline County Republican Committee.
Arkansans for Limited Government is collecting petition signatures to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the November ballot.
If passed, the amendment would write abortion into the state constitution, allowing thousands of elective abortions in Arkansas every year.
The amendment does not contain any medical licensing or health and safety standards for abortion, and it automatically nullifies all state laws that conflict with the amendment. That jeopardizes even the most basic restrictions on abortion.
The amendment also would pave the way for taxpayer-funded abortion in Arkansas by changing Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution that currently prohibits taxpayer funded abortion in the state.
Arkansans have generally opposed taxpayer-funded abortion, but taxpayer-funded abortion through all nine months of pregnancy could become a reality in Arkansas if the abortion amendment passes.
To date, multiple organizations have come out against the amendment, including:
- Arkansas Right to Life
- Family Council Action Committee
- Choose Life Arkansas
- NWA Coalition for Life
- The Arkansas Committee For Ethics Policy
- The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
- Stronger Arkansas
- Stop Abortion On Demand
- Students for Life of America
You can download a copy of the abortion amendment here.
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