Leadership Institute to host Decline to Sign Campaign training May 8-9 in Little Rock

Abortion,

The following is a press release from Arkansas Right to Life.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 2024

LITTLE ROCK – The Leadership Institute is hosting two free Decline to Sign Campaign training events May 8-9 in Little Rock designed to defeat the proposed Arkansas Abortion Amendment.

A group currently 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 enacting protective laws concerning abortion during the first five months of pregnancy and up to the moment of birth — allowing thousands of abortions every year and possibly paving the way for taxpayer-funded abortions in Arkansas.

Decline to Sign trainees will learn how to: 1) Participate in the campaign, 2) Persuade friends and family to participate, 3) Communicate with anti-life advocates, and 4) Impact ballot access. Join us to learn how to win for life in the dining room, board room, and voting booth. The speakers are Jerry Sharp III, deputy director of pro-life programs at the Leadership Institute, and Rose Mimms, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life.

There is no cost to attend the Decline to Sign Campaign training, but participants are required to register. 

The first training is a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church, 2400 Interstate 30, Little Rock. The second training is a dinner from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, 1003 N. Tyler St., Little Rock. To register for either event visit leadershipinstitute.org/ProLife and search for “Little Rock.”

“It is extremely important that Arkansans attend the training session to help us Decline to Sign the proposed Arkansas Abortion Amendment,” said Mimms. “We need to kill it at the clipboard so it won’t be on our ballot in November.”

For more information on the Decline to Sign Campaign visit: artl.org/decline-to-sign-campaign.

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Arkansas Right to Life is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, the oldest and largest pro-life organization. For more information visit https://artl.org/.

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Saline County Quorum Court Passes Resolution Opposing Abortion Amendment

Abortion,

On Monday the Saline County Quorum Court passed a resolution opposing the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024.

A group currently 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 without medical licensing or safety standards.

The Saline County resolution is titled, “A Resolution to Oppose the Proposed Arkansas Abortion Amendment to Amendment 68 of the Arkansas Constitution in Accordance with the Policy of Saline County, Arkansas as set forth in Saline County Resolution No. 2021-8“

In 2021, Saline County passed a resolution affirming that the county is Pro-Life. Monday’s resolution reaffirms the county’s Pro-Life status and opposes the 2024 Arkansas Abortion Amendment. Faulkner County recently passed a similar pro-life resolution opposing the abortion amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade means state and local governments are now completely free to make their positions known on abortion. It’s good to see local elected officials taking a firm stand for life.

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.

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Group Raises More Than Half a Million Dollars to Put Marijuana Amendment on November Ballot

Marijuana,

In March the group backing a marijuana in Arkansas raised more than $565,000 to place their marijuana amendment on the November ballot, according to reports filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.

The group has until July 5 to collect 90,704 petition signatures from registered voters to place the marijuana amendment on the ballot.

Most of the money the group raised in March appears to have come from marijuana growers and sellers.

The amendment would drastically expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana law to enable recreational marijuana statewide. Marijuana users would no longer need to show they suffer from a specific medical condition listed in state law.

The amendment lets people grow and use marijuana at home, making it easier for people to use marijuana recreationally.

The amendment also would openly legalize marijuana in Arkansas if federal laws against marijuana are repealed.

Nationwide, since 2019, the number of kids diagnosed with cannabis-induced mental disorders, including schizophrenia and psychotic episodes, has increased by 50%.

Across the board, media outlets have repeatedly reported that legalization of marijuana has fueled black market operations rather than reducing them — emboldening drug cartels that operate industrial scale marijuana cultivation sites.

Fox News and CBS News have highlighted how Chinese investment and organized crime are driving illegal marijuana production across the U.S., and CBN reported last October that Chinese investors with “suitcases full of cash” are buying U.S. farmland to grow black market marijuana.

Arkansas voters rejected marijuana legalization at the ballot box in 2022. That amendment was opposed by a broad coalition of churches, business groups, elected officials, and citizens who knew that marijuana would be bad for Arkansas. We anticipate similar opposition to the 2024 marijuana amendment.

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

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