1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly
3 Second Extraordinary Session, 2024 HR 1003
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5 By: Representatives Rose, Achor, Andrews, Beaty Jr., Bentley, Breaux, K. Brown, M. Brown, Burkes,
6 Cavenaugh, C. Cooper, Crawford, Duke, Eaves, Evans, C. Fite, Furman, Gonzales, Gramlich, Haak,
7 Hawk, G. Hodges, Hollowell, Long, Lundstrum, J. Mayberry, McClure, McCollum, McGrew, B.
8 McKenzie, McNair, S. Meeks, Milligan, J. Moore, K. Moore, Painter, Pilkington, Puryear, Ray, R. Scott
9 Richardson, Steimel, Tosh, Underwood, Unger, Vaught, Watson, Wing, Wooten
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11 HOUSE RESOLUTION
12 TO OPPOSE THE ARKANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT OF 2024 AND
13 ENCOURAGE ALL REGISTERED VOTERS TO VOTE AGAINST THE
14 ARKANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT OF 2024.
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17 Subtitle
18 TO OPPOSE THE ARKANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT
19 OF 2024 AND ENCOURAGE ALL REGISTERED
20 VOTERS TO VOTE AGAINST THE ARKANSAS
21 ABORTION AMENDMENT OF 2024.
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24 WHEREAS, prior to the United States Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade
25 decision, Arkansas had enacted laws protecting women and unborn children from
26 abortion; and
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28 WHEREAS, from January 22, 1973, to June 24, 2022, the United States
29 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade prevented Arkansas from protecting
30 women and unborn children from abortion; and
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32 WHEREAS, on June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned
33 Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision; and
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35 WHEREAS, that same day the State of Arkansas certified that Act 180 of
36 2019, the Arkansas Human Life Protection Act, prohibiting abortion except to
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1 save the life of the mother in a medical emergency is in effect; and
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3 WHEREAS, an effort is now underway to enact the Arkansas Abortion
4 Amendment of 2024; and
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6 WHEREAS, the ballot title of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024
7 states that the amendment prevents the State of Arkansas from prohibiting,
8 penalizing, delaying, or restricting abortion during the first twenty (20)
9 weeks since the first day of the pregnant female’s last menstrual period; and
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11 WHEREAS, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024 would legalize
12 abortion on demand during approximately the first five (5) months of
13 pregnancy in Arkansas, thereby depriving unborn children of their fundamental
14 right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and
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16 WHEREAS, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024 proposes various
17 exceptions that would permit an abortion up until birth in many instances;
18 and
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20 WHEREAS, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024 nullifies all laws and
21 amendments that conflict with it, thereby jeopardizing measures such as
22 parental-consent laws that historically have enjoyed bipartisan support; and
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24 WHEREAS, the Arkansas Abortion Amendment of 2024 also would jeopardize
25 the constitutionality of public health and safety requirements the State of
26 Arkansas might deem appropriate and necessary for abortion procedures and for
27 those who perform abortions,
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29 NOW THEREFORE,
30 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
31 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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33 THAT the House of Representatives oppose the Arkansas Abortion
34 Amendment of 2024, and encourage all registered voters to vote against it.
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