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Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access

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Abortion supporters have won in all seven states that have put abortion questions before voters since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

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  1. Courthouse News Service

    Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of petitions to let voters decide on abortion access (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Abortion supporters have won in all seven states that have put abortion questions before voters since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

  2. KOB 4

    Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure.

  3. The Guardian

    Arkansas supreme court blocks abortion initiative from going to voters (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Ruling denies voters a chance to modify state’s abortion ban on technicality about how documentation was submitted

  4. Truthout

    Arkansas Supreme Court Disqualifies Abortion Amendment From November Ballot (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    The state has one of the strictest abortion bans in the US, with abortion care allowed only in medical emergencies.

  5. New York Times

    Arkansas Supreme Court Denies Bid to Get Abortion Measure on the Ballot (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    A majority on the state Supreme Court sided with the secretary of state, who had rejected a citizen group’s petition for failing to submit some of the necessary paperwork.

  6. CBS News

    Arkansas Supreme Court rejects petitions to put abortion rights initiative on ballots (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The proposed amendment would have created exceptions to Arkansas' strict abortion law.

  7. NBC News

    Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion-rights ballot measure (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Arkansas' Supreme Court blocked an abortion-rights initiative from appearing on the state's ballot, upholding a decision by the secretary of state.

  8. Arkansas Times

    Arkansas Supreme Court stretches law to disqualify abortion petition (UPDATES) - Arkansas Times (opens Arkansas Times)

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    Arkansas Times's feed description

    The Supreme Court today likely drove a final stake through the heart of a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in Arkansas.

  9. The Daily Caller

    Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Effort To Put Abortion Measure On Ballot (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The Arkansas Supreme Court denied a bid Thursday to add an abortion measure to the November ballot.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion-rights initiative (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down an attempt to appeal the decision of the secretary of state to block an abortion-rights amendment from the ballot.

  11. NPR

    An Arkansas court blocks abortion vote (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    An Arkansas court blocked an effort to let voters decide on whether the state should legalize abortion - meaning the state's ban remains in place.

  12. RedState

    Arkansas Supreme Court Blocks Pro-Abortion Vote After Organizers Can't Be Bothered to Follow the Law (opens RedState)

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  13. The Christian Post

    Arkansas Supreme Court rejects ballot initiative to enshrine abortion as constitutional right (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Christian Post's feed description

    The Arkansas Supreme Court has narrowly rejected a pro-choice ballot initiative to enshrine abortion under certain circumstances as a constitutional right.

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