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August 23, 2024

Arkansas's Top Court Rejects Abortion Ballot Measure over Technicality
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Back in the U.S., voters in Arkansas will not be weighing in on a ballot
measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution,
after Arkansas's Supreme Court rejected a grassroots ballot initiative
over a technicality on how signatures were registered. Abortions are
currently banned in Arkansas with limited exceptions for severe medical
emergencies. The group that gathered the signatures, Arkansans for
Limited Government, vowed to keep fighting, saying, "This effort has
generated a wave of fiercely engaged Arkansas women. We are outraged. We
will not back down. And we will remember this in November."


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