Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State to Count Abortion Amendment Signatures
The secretary of state had previously tried to disqualify the petition that more than 100,000 residents signed.
Abortion rights advocates in Arkansas were cautiously optimistic Tuesday evening that the state government would count the signatures of more than 100,000 residents who signed petitions in support of an anti-forced pregnancy constitutional amendment, after the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a limited order calling on the secretary of state to begin the process. Secretary of State John Thurston…