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CBN News Talks to Pro-Lifers About Proposed Abortion Amendment

Mar 29, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

CBN News recently traveled to Arkansas to report on a proposal that would write abortion into the state constitution.

Right now a group 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.

CBN News interviewed the amendment’s supporters and its opponents, giving pro-lifers the opportunity to talk about how “extremely deceptive” the amendment is.

You can watch that news segment below.

More Opposition Forms Against Arkansas Abortion Amendment

Mar 27, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

Opposition continues to form against the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.

Last week the group Stop Abortion On Demand Amendment filed ballot question committee paperwork with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, announcing it would oppose the abortion amendment.

The group’s officers and members include Arkansas legislators.

Stop Abortion On Demand is the latest group to come out against the abortion amendment. Others include:

Arkansas Right to Life and Family Council Action Committee, both of whom have launched “Decline to Sign” campaigns to disqualify and defeat the abortion 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, which includes pro-life leaders from the Northwest Arkansas area.
The Arkansas Committee For Ethics Policy
The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
Stronger Arkansas

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.

Quorum Court Reaffirms Faulkner County is Pro-Life

Mar 25, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment, Life, Pro-life, Pro-Life Cities, Pro-Life Counties, Sanctity of Human Life

According to the Log Cabin Democrat, the Faulkner County Quorum Court passed a resolution last Tuesday reaffirming the county’s status as a Pro-Life County.

The county quorum court passed an initial pro-life resolution in 2021. The new resolution reportedly was in response to the abortion amendment vying for the ballot in Arkansas.

The Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024 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.

In 2021 the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 392 affirming that cities and counties can designate themselves as Pro-Life. Two years later lawmakers passed Act 699 by Sen. Joshua Bryant (R – Rogers) and Rep. Kendon Underwood (R – Cave Springs) expanding the law and letting other political subdivisions of the state pass Pro-Life resolutions as well.

To date, nearly half of all Arkansans live in a Pro-Life City or Pro-Life County.

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 Faulkner County taking a firm stand for the sanctity and dignity of innocent human life.