Opinion No.

The Honorable John W. Parkerson State Representative 300 Exchange Street Hot Springs, AR 71901

Dear Representative Parkerson:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on several questions concerning Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 of 1988 ("An Amendment to Prevent Abortion Funding and to Restrict Abortion.") The specific questions posed in this regard are restated as follows:

1. Does Section 1 of the Amendment mean that institutes receiving a majority of their funds from public monies will be unable to perform abortions, or just that in any specific case the funding will not be…