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

handle is hein.sag/sagar0116 and id is 1 raw text is: 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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