Supporters and opponents of a proposed ballot measure to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban hold signs outside the old Supreme Court chamber at the state Capitol in Little Rock on Friday. Andrew DeMillo / AP
Leviticus 24:17 “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
Important Takeaways:
- Organizers didn’t submit all the required paperwork for the measure to appear on the November ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said.
- “By contrast, other sponsors of initiative petitions complied with this requirement. Therefore, I must reject your submission,” wrote Thurston, a Republican.
- Rebecca Bobrow, a spokesperson for Arkansans for Limited Government, said that the group “will fight this ridiculous disqualification attempt with everything we have.”
- Arkansas is one of 11 states where organizers formally launched efforts to place pro-abortion-rights amendments on their fall ballots.
- The measures are officially on the ballots in six states: Colorado, Maryland, Florida, South Dakota, Nevada and New York. Organizers in four more — Arizona, Missouri, Montana and Nebraska — have submitted signatures, but further steps remain before those initiatives are certified to appear on the ballots.
- Arkansans for Limited Government — unlike the coalitions fighting for similar measures in other states — does not have any support or backing from major national abortion-rights groups, such as Planned Parenthood, which has said the measure does not go far enough in its goals of expanding abortion access.
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