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2024 Op. Ark. Att'y Gen. 1 (2024)

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                           TIM   GRIFFIN
                           ATTORNEY  GENERAL


Opinion No. 2023-121

January 4, 2023

Steven Nichols
Post Office Box 7866
Little Rock, Arkansas 72217

Dear Mr. Nichols:

I am writing in response to your request, made under A.C.A. § 7-9-107, that I certify the popular
name and ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment.

My decision to certify or reject a popular name and ballot title is unrelated to my view of the
proposed measure's merits. I am not authorized to consider the measure's merits when considering
certification.

1. Request. Under A.C.A. § 7-9-107, you have asked me to certify the following popular name
and ballot title for a proposed initiated amendment to the Arkansas Constitution:

                              Popular Name

                        Arkansas Abortion Amendment

                                Ballot Title

      AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION PROVIDING
      THAT THE GOVERNMENT   OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, ITS OFFICERS,
      OR ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS SHALL  NOT PROHIBIT, PENALIZE,
      DELAY  OR  RESTRICT  ABORTION  SERVICES  IN CASES  OF  RAPE,
      INCEST, IN THE EVENT  OF A FATAL  FETAL ANOMALY,   OR  WHEN
      ABORTION  SERVICES  ARE NEEDED   TO PROTECT   THE PREGNANT
      FEMALE'S LIFE OR PHYSICAL  HEALTH;  THE GOVERNMENT   OF  THE
      STATE OF ARKANSAS, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
      SHALL NOT  PROHIBIT, PENALIZE, DELAY  OR RESTRICT  ABORTION
      SERVICES WITHIN  18 WEEKS  OF FERTILIZATION; A  FATAL FETAL
      ANOMALY   MEANS  A  MEDICAL  CONDITION   DIAGNOSED   BEFORE
      BIRTH THAT, IN THE PHYSCIAN'S GOOD FAITH MEDICAL  JUDGMENT,
      WILL LEAD TO FETAL OR NEONATAL  DEATH FOR WHICH  LIFE-SAVING
      MEDICAL  INTERVENTION   WOULD   BE FUTILE; PHYSICAL  HEALTH
      MEANS  A PHYSICAL  DISORDER, PHYSICAL  ILLNESS, OR PHYSICAL

                       323 CENTER STREET, SUITE 200
                       LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201

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