After multiple attempts, the group Arkansans for Limited Government has come up with language that passed muster with the R Secretary of State, allowing a proposed Constitutional Amendment that allows expanded abortion rights up until 18 weeks to start gathering signatures.
www.nwaonline.com/...
Currently, abortions are only allowed in Arkansas to save the life of the mother. The proposed amendment would add fatal fetal abnormalities, rape and incest.
In November of 2022, voters rejected an amendment that would have raised the percentage for Constitutional Amendments for passage to 60%. This echoes the situation in Ohio, where the initial attempt to increase the margin failed, allowing the Abortion Rights amendment to pass in the next election cycle.
Arkansas is far from a progressive state, but this can only be good news.
~90K signatures are required by July 5.
The website of the group putting forth the amendment is arliberty.org For those in state, there is an option to pledge to sign the petition. I encourage you to do so if it applies, and then follow up with a signature this spring and a vote this fall
The website reads more Libertarian than Progressive, but that might be what it takes in Arkansas.