Slot Machine Group Spends Nearly $235,000 On Ballot Effort

Arkansas Lottery, Gambling,

According to reports filed with the state Ethics Commission, the group Arcade Arkansas has spent $234,784.49 on its effort to bring more casino-style gambling to Arkansas.

Arcade Arkansas is collecting petition signatures for a ballot measure that would legalize gambling machines as part of the Arkansas Lottery.

As we said last summer, this amendment will bring casino-type gambling machines into convenience stores and eating places all over Arkansas. 

It will turn the corner convenience store into a casino and create hangouts where people can gamble 24 hours a day.

The amendment allows up to 15,000 gambling machines statewide with little or no oversight to prevent fraud.

Since August, Arcade Arkansas has raised nearly $239,000 for its effort, and it has spent nearly $235,000.

Most of this money has gone to pay petition canvassers and consultants.

The fact that Arcade Arkansas is spending so much money on its petition drive means there’s a very strong possibility the group will gather enough signatures to place its amendment on the ballot this November.

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Woman Transported by Ambulance from Little Rock Abortion Facility

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On December 27, pro-life volunteers say a woman was transported to the hospital from the surgical abortion facility in Little Rock.

The Facebook page 40 Days for Life – Little Rock posted photos and asked Arkansans to pray for the woman, writing, “Please join me in prayer for another poor momma who went to the hospital via ambulance from LRFP [Little Rock Family Planning] Abortion Clinic today. ABORTION HURTS WOMEN !!!!!”

We have written repeatedly about botched abortions at facilities in Little Rock and elsewhere.

Abortion takes the life of an unborn child, and it carries serious health risks for women.

That’s why Arkansas has enacted a number of laws that prohibit certain abortion practices and require abortionists to give women all the facts about abortion up front — including abortion’s risks, consequences, and alternatives.

Unfortunately, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have challenged some of these good laws in court — including laws like Act 700 of 2019 requiring abortionists to be board-certified or board-eligible OB/GYNs.

However, Arkansas’ attorney general has defended these pro-life laws in court and has won some key pro-life victories.

These legal victories save the lives of women and unborn children, and they help set the stage for the courts to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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