On Monday the group Arkansans for Limited Government posted a YouTube video titled “Why late term abortions aren’t a thing.”
The video’s purpose is to “talk about some of the lies that are being spread about the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.”
The only “lie” the video discusses is whether or not late term abortions actually occur, alleging that “late term abortion” is “a made up term.”
You can watch the video below.
Arkansans for Limited Government is circulating petitions to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot this November.
If passed, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment would allow thousands of elective abortions in Arkansas every year.
The amendment does not contain any medical licensing or health and safety standards for abortion.
It includes sweeping health exceptions that would permit abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy in many cases.
The measure would prevent the Arkansas Legislature from restricting abortion during the first five months of pregnancy.
The amendment also would pave the way for publicly funded abortion in Arkansas by writing abortion into the constitution and changing Amendment 68 that currently prohibits taxpayer funded abortion in the state.
Family Council has produced an educational video explaining what the abortion amendment would mean for Arkansas, if passed. You can watch it below.
In the past, Arkansas has averaged around 3,200 abortions per year. All in all, our team estimates Arkansas’ pro-life laws are protecting thousands of women and unborn children from abortion each year.
These reports are great news. Arkansas has successfully prohibited abortion except to save the life of the mother. Arkansas’ pro-life laws are protecting women, and they are saving unborn children. That is something to celebrate.
Right now an effort is underway in Arkansas that would repeal Arkansas’ pro-life laws and write abortion into the state constitution.
If passed, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment would allow thousands of elective abortions in Arkansas every year.
The amendment does not contain any medical licensing or health and safety standards for abortion.
It contains sweeping health exceptions that would permit abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy in many cases.
In this photo from June 24, 2022, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (left) and Family Council President Jerry Cox hold the official certification that Roe is reversed and Act 180 of 2019 is in effect.
Act 180 prohibits abortion in Arkansas except to save the mother’s life.
The law contains clear exceptions for ectopic pregnancies.
It contains clear exceptions for contraception—including the “morning after” pill or Plan B.
Act 180 doesn’t criminalize miscarriage. It specifically allows procedures to remove an unborn baby who has died as a result of a miscarriage.
The law cannot be used to prosecute a woman who has an illegal abortion.
Act 180 says anyone who performs an illegal abortion in Arkansas can be fined and imprisoned.
The law doesn’t prohibit an OB/GYN from inducing labor or performing an emergency C-section or similar procedure to protect the mother or the unborn child.
Act 180 doesn’t prevent a pregnant woman from receiving medical treatments—such as chemotherapy—that carry risk for the unborn child.
Act 180 of 2019 had 47 legislative sponsors and co-sponsors. Three-quarters of the Arkansas Legislature voted in favor of the measure, and Governor Hutchinson signed it into law.
Public opinion polling has shown 79% of likely voters in Arkansas believe abortion should be either completely illegal or legal only under certain circumstances. Act 180 reflects that. It generally prohibits abortion, but it makes exceptions for serious medical complications—like an ectopic pregnancy—and for circumstances when the mother’s life is in jeopardy.
Right now an effort is underway in Arkansas that would repeal Act 180 and write abortion into the Arkansas Constitution.
If passed, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment would allow 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 contains sweeping health exceptions that would permit abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy in many cases.
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.
