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Despite Summer Heat, Pro-Lifers Active Against Arkansas Abortion Amendment

Jul 4, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment, Life, Pro-life

*Above: Pro-lifers in central Arkansas encourage voters not to sign the abortion amendment petition. Photo credit: Facebook.*

Pro-lifers across Arkansas have been extremely active against an effort to write abortion into the state constitution.

Arkansans for Limited Government has until the end of the day Friday to submit 90,704 valid petition signatures to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot.

The measure would prevent the State of Arkansas from restricting abortion during the first five months of pregnancy, allowing thousands of elective abortions 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 measure contains sweeping exceptions that would permit abortion through all nine months of pregnancy in many cases.

The amendment also would pave the way for publicly funded abortion in Arkansas by changing Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution that currently prohibits taxpayer funded abortion in the state.

Canvassers have been collecting signatures in nearly every county around the state, but pro-lifers have worked against the petition effort as well.

For example, in central Arkansas, pro-lifers prayed with individuals and talked to people about what the abortion amendment would do.

In Logan County, churches have displayed “Decline to Sign” posters in their communities.

In Sevier County, Calhoun County, and elsewhere, volunteers have publicly encouraged voters not to sign the abortion petition.

To date, multiple groups and organizations have come out against the abortion amendment, including:

The Arkansas House of Representatives
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
Saline Decline to Sign
Stronger Arkansas
Stop Abortion On Demand
Students for Life of America

You can download a copy of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment here.

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

Abortion Amendment Canvassers are Especially Targeting These 28 Counties

Jul 3, 2024Jerry Cox1 CommentAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The following is an email alert from Family Council Action Committee.

Canvassers for the abortion amendment are working intensely across the state in the final stages of their petition drive.

Arkansans for Limited Government has until Friday to collect 90,704 valid petition signatures to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot.

Family Council Action Committee believes there are canvassers collecting signatures in nearly every county around the state. But pro-abortion strike teams traveling around Arkansas seem particularly focused on these 28 counties:

Ashley
Benton
Boone
Bradley
Calhoun
Clay
Cleveland
Crawford
Crittenden
Cross
Dallas
Fulton
Grant
Izard
Little River
Perry
Pike
Pulaski
Prairie
Randolph
Scott
Sevier
Van Buren
Logan
Searcy
Washington
White
Yell

If you see petition canvassers collecting signatures on private property, such as store parking lots, notify the property owner immediately. Our team is aware of situations where petition canvassers have tried to collect signatures on private property without getting permission from the property owners first.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has said petition canvassing should only be conducted with permission from the property owner.

Look for canvassers in your community, and ask others to be on the lookout too. Some counties have developed a network of pro-lifers who are watching for pro-abortion canvassers. As soon as they are spotted, they take action by calling the business or standing near the canvasser to urge people not to sign the petition.

Look for canvasser at your local Independence Day celebrations such as fireworks shows. Pro-abortion canvassers have a right to get signatures on public property. You and other pro-life individuals have a right to be right there as well, urging people not to sign the petition. You have a right to walk alongside them if they are getting signatures in a crowd of people.

Family Council Action Committee is among the many groups encouraging Arkansans to Decline to Sign the abortion petition. You can learn more at FamilyCouncilActionCommittee.com.

Abortion Amendment Campaign Spent $200K+ on Petition Effort Last Month

Jun 24, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

The group working to enshrine abortion into the Arkansas Constitution spent more then $200,000 on its campaign last month, according to reports filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.

The campaign received $11,688 in donations during that time. Most of the group’s expenses appeared to be focused on collecting signatures for the abortion amendment.

Arkansans for Limited Government has until July 5 to collect 90,704 valid signatures from registered voters to place the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the November ballot.

The measure would write abortion into the state constitution, allowing thousands of elective abortions in Arkansas every year.

The measure contains sweeping exceptions that would permit abortion through all nine months of pregnancy in many cases.

The amendment also would pave the way for publicly funded abortion in Arkansas by changing Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution that currently prohibits taxpayer funded abortion in the state.

To date, multiple groups and organizations have come out against the abortion amendment, including: