Sec. of State John Thurston rejected the Arkansas Abortion Amendment based on a paperwork error, but women’s health advocates are not going away without a fight.
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Supreme Court abortion punt not much of a victory for women’s health care
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday not to take up an important case on a woman’s right to abortion care in a medical emergency. Arkansans can support a ballot issue to give women that right.
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National funders skip Arkansas’s abortion fight, locals soldier on
Better than nothing but not good enough, national funders tell Arkansas reproductive rights advocates.
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Will abortion be on the ballot in Arkansas? Mystery documents raise possibility
A pair of proposed ballot initiatives have been submitted to the Arkansas secretary of state to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution. But it’s unclear who submitted them, or why.
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It’s a cliffhanger; trial over ban on medical care for trans youth will pick back up Nov. 28
The state called its first three witnesses Friday as Arkansas attempts to defend the first ban on medical gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the nation.
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Planned Parenthood endorses Frank Scott for Little Rock mayor
Frank Scott Jr. is solidly in the progressive camp. Not a bad place to be in Little Rock politics.
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Rutledge crowing about reversal of case blocking Arkansas abortion restriction and other harm to women’s medical care
Leslie Rutledge is thrilled at the obstacles she’s presented to women’s medical treatment in Arkansas.
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MacKenzie Scott gives away millions including $275 million to Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood gets its biggest gift ever at a time of great need.
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It was ‘Thanks, Birth Control’ Day, but we’re late
Reproductive rights activists marked Thanks, Birth Control Day by working to make sure we can still be thankful in the future.
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Planned Parenthood announces plan to fight Texas-style abortion ban in Arkansas
Planned Parenthood expects a legislative battle in Arkansas over a Texas-style abortion ban.