Women's reproductive issues will undoubtedly dominate the voting booth in November, and many states are making big moves one way or another regarding the abortion issue in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned.

According to JustTheNews, the reliably red state's Supreme Court backed the state's rejection of a pro-abortion initiative that would have ended up on the ballot in November.

The state's high court reportedly found that proper documentation wasn't submitted with the signatures required to get the initiative on the ballot for a vote in November.

The group responsible for the initiative, Arkansans for Limited Government, argued that the state should have given the group more time to submit the proper documentation, and ultimately disputed the state's rejection.

What's going on?

The Arkansas Supreme Court made its stance on the issue clear.

"We find that the Secretary correctly refused to count the signatures collected by paid canvassers because the sponsor failed to file the paid canvasser training certification," the high court's ruling read.

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JustTheNews noted:

The initiative would have allowed abortion on demand in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy and abortion after that time for rape, incest, threats to maternal health, or fetal abnormalities inconsistent with life.

Notably, Planned Parenthood declined to throw its support behind the initiative, noting that it believed it was too "limited" in scope.

The decision was challenged by a dissenter on the state's high court.

Dissenter weighs in

“Why are the respondent and the majority determined to keep this particular vote from the people?” wrote Justice Karen Baker, who happens to be running for chief justice.

She added, “The majority has succeeded in its efforts to change the law in order to deprive the voters of the opportunity to vote on this issue, which is not the proper role of this court."

The group responsible for pushing the ballot initiative expressed anger at the court's decision.

This effort has generated a wave of fiercely engaged Arkansas women,” the group said. “We are outraged. We will not back down. And we will remember this in November.”

So far, eight states will have abortion-related initiatives on the November ballot.