The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a pro-abort constitutional amendment will not be on the ballot in November because the organizers decided following the law was just too much trouble. The proposed amendment would declare open season on babies up to 18 weeks for any purpose and until birth for a laundry list of reasons that are sufficiently vague as to make abortion unrestricted.
The amendment’s sponsor, an AstroTurfed, single-issue pro-abort group called Arkansans for Limited Government, violated state law by using unauthorized paid canvassers to collect signatures. On July 5, the organization turned on what they purported to be over 101,000 signatures collected in 53 counties, more than meeting the statutory requirement of 90,704 representing 50 counties to put the amendment on the ballot.
When Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston reviewed the petitions, he…
