A proposed amendment to add a "right" to abortion to the Arkansas Constitution will not appear on the November ballot after the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that its supporters failed to meet the necessary documentation requirements.
Currently, abortion is illegal in Arkansas except in cases where it is necessary to save a mother's life. However, the proposed "Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024" would have prevented the state from restricting abortion services within 18 weeks of fertilization for elective abortions and at any point in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies, or when a physician determines an abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of a woman. The amendment also sought to nullify any state law conflicting with these provisions.
The proposal sought to modify Amendment 68, which states that Arkansas aims to protect the life of every unborn child "to the extent permitted by the Federal Constitution," by adding the words "and the Constitution of the State of Arkansas." This change was intended to support pro-abortion rights within the state.
In January, Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin approved the final version of the amendment. This, in turn, allowed the pro-abortion group Arkansans for Limited Government (ALG) to proceed with gathering signatures. (Related: Abortions drop to ALMOST ZERO in Texas after state’s near-total ban on infanticide.)
However, in July, Republican Secretary of State John Thurston announced that ALG was 3,322 signatures short of the required 90,704 and had failed to properly identify paid canvassers and confirm they were adequately informed of the requirements for collecting signatures.
The ALG vowed to challenge the decision, but the Arkansas Supreme Court dashed their hopes on Aug. 29.
"We find that the Secretary correctly refused to count the signatures collected by paid canvassers because the sponsor failed to file the paid canvasser training certification," Justice Rhonda Wood wrote in the 4-3 majority opinion.
10 other states still have abortion-related ballot initiatives slated for the November elections
The setback of Arkansas' "right" to abortion ensures that the existing pro-life protections of the state remain intact, but then there are other 10 abortion-related measures set to appear on state ballots in November. States such as Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York and South Dakota are among those with certified abortion-related measures on their ballots.
- Arizona: Voters will decide on a Right to Abortion Initiative to establish the fundamental right to abortion before fetal viability.
- Colorado: A measure seeks to constitutionally guarantee abortion rights and allow public funding for abortion.
- Florida: Amendment 4 aims to establish a constitutional right to abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient's health.
- Maryland: The Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment seeks to add a constitutional right to reproductive freedom, including decisions about abortion.
- Missouri: A proposed amendment would guarantee reproductive freedom, covering various aspects of reproductive health care, including abortion.
- Montana: CI-128 seeks to provide a constitutional right to make decisions about one’s pregnancy, including the right to abortion.
- Nebraska: Voters will see two measures: one that prohibits abortions after the first trimester and another that protects the right to abortion until fetal viability.
- Nevada: A proposed initiative would establish a constitutional right to abortion, with regulations applicable only after fetal viability.
- New York: The Equal Protection of Law Amendment would expand protections against discrimination based on sex, pregnancy, reproductive healthcare and related outcomes.
- South Dakota: Constitutional Amendment G proposes a trimester framework for regulating abortion.
Meanwhile, states with traditionally conservative legislatures, such as Nebraska and South Dakota, will vote on measures that seek to restrict abortion access, while states like New York and Maryland propose constitutional protections for reproductive freedom.
Since 2010, ballot measures with pro-life campaigns have been defeated in 10 states and passed in six, with all successful measures occurring in states that voted Republican in the previous three presidential elections. However, since 2022, there has been a clear trend: voters have rejected all measures described as pro-life while approving all those championed by pro-choice campaigns.
Meaning, the fight against abortion still has a long way to go.
Watch the video below that shows the anti-life organization Planned Parenthood's mobile abortion truck at the recent Democratic National Convention 2024.
This video is from Cynthia's Pursuit of Truth channel on Brighteon.com.
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