Decline to Sign the Arkansas Abortion-until-Birth Mandate

Resist the effort to place a pro-abortion constitutional amendment referendum on the ballot in Arkansas this fall.

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Pro-choice supporters of Planned Parenthood rally outside a clinic in Detroit, Mich., in 2017.

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In recent weeks, abortion-industry-aligned forces have unveiled plans to radically change the Arkansas constitution with the so-called “Arkansas Abortion Amendment.” Under the guise of reining in government overreach, the amendment’s broad language would force no-limit abortions on the people of our state and mandate the removal of even the most basic limits on the profit-driven abortion industry. So much for the “safe, legal, and rare” rhetoric pushed by a former (abortion-industry-backed) President from Hope.

Taking a page out of the radical Left’s playbook in other states, a front group ironically calling itself “Arkansans for Limited Government” has, as required by law, submitted a ballot issue titled “The Arkansas Abortion Amendment” to the state’s attorney general; he has since approved it. Other states have seen similar groups pop up with heavy funding from coastal elites such as George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. If people know anything about these two characters, it is that they certainly are not from Arkansas, and that they are not often accused of supporting smaller-government causes.

RM

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Rose Mimms

Rose Mimms is the executive director of Arkansas Right to Life. She is also part of Choose Life Arkansas, a consortium of Arkansas pro-life groups and individuals with the goal of defending unborn children and opposing efforts to expand abortion access in their state.

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