Arkansas is sued for rejecting petitions on an abortion-rights ballot measure

Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is being sued for rejecting petitions in favor of a proposed ballot measure to scale back the state’s abortion ban. Supporters asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to order officials to start counting more than 100,000 signatures. The state says organizers did not comply with a law regarding documentation submitted about paid canvassers. The ballot measure wouldn’t make abortion a constitutionally protected right, but it would limit when abortion can be banned. Giving voters a chance to weigh in on the state’s new enacted bans would test support for abortion rights in Arkansas, where top elected officials regularly promote their opposition to the procedure.