Whiplash: Why the Arkansas Abortion Amendment still might be in play - Arkansas Times

For Arkansans following the efforts to put abortion rights on the ballot in November, it has been a whirlwind week. Last Friday, petitioners celebrated an inspiring achievement: More than 101,000 signatures were collected and turned in to the state by the July 5 deadline, a triumph of direct democracy and grassroots activism. Arkansans for Limited Government, the group pushing the measure, did it without national organizational support, on a shoestring budget. Just Arkansas women with clipboards, hustling. Then, on Wednesday, came an apparently devastating setback: Arkansas Secretary of State John...