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Rh ARKANSAS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS v. The Honorable Paul RIVIERE, Secretary of State, State of Arkansas; THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS of the State of Arkansas; and THE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

The UNBORN CHILD AMENDMENT COMMITTEE, Intervenor

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#C—U.S. C—The United States Supreme Court has held that the Constitution protects a woman's right to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy and that a state may not unduly burden the exercise of a woman's fundamental right to obtain an abortion.
 * 1) C C.—Neither the United States Constitution nor federal statutes require public funding of elective abortions for poverty stricken women.
 * 2) C—S C.—The Arkansas Constitution, through its silence on the subject of abortions, presently allows a statute to provide that a woman and her physician may make the choice under certain circumstances [Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2554 (Repl. 1977)]; it also allows the state, if it chooses, to treat abortion as an accepted medical procedure under Medicaid type programs.
 * 3) C.—Ark. Const., Amend. 7, gives all citizens of the State of Arkansas the right to initiate constitutional amendments.
 * 4) C.—It is the duty of the Arkansas Supreme Court to see that ballot titles