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The 4 legal questions that will decide the fate of Arkansas’s abortion rights ballot initiative
While we wait to hear how Secretary of State John Thurston responds to supporters of the abortion amendment, here’s a breakdown of the issues at play.
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Abortion amendment chaos: The week in review podcast, July 13, 2024
On this week’s episode, Austin, Benji and Omaya discuss the wild turn of events over the Arkansas Abortion Amendment.
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Whiplash: Why the Arkansas Abortion Amendment still might be in play
State officials disqualified the measure Wednesday. But new records show their justifications may not hold up to scrutiny.
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Abortion amendment supporters vow to fight Arkansas secretary of state’s rejection
“We will fight this ridiculous disqualification attempt with everything we have. We will not back down,” a spokesperson said.
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Secretary of state disqualifies Arkansas Abortion Amendment from ballot on technicality
An effort to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to restore abortion rights in Arkansas was rejected by Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston over an alleged failure to submit an affidavit.
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IT’S ON! Enough signatures collected to put abortion rights on Arkansas ballot
100,000 and counting. That’s how many Arkansans signed on to push back against our state’s near-total abortion ban.
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Abortion Amendment push in Arkansas gets national attention
The New York Times looks southward with a story about the mad sprint to collect the signatures needed to put the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot.
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Protesters target organizers for abortion ballot measure in Arkansas
Daily threats of violence are the reality for people gathering signatures to put abortion rights on the ballot in deep-red Arkansas, one of the most anti-abortion states in the country.
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Ham-fisted House resolutions attacking direct democracy efforts may have backfired
Grandstanding resolutions by House Republicans against direct democracy efforts on abortion and education seem to have backfired. Do legislators really think people want to be told how to vote by a bunch of politicians soaking up per diem cash at the Capitol?