Arkansas AG declines to approve abortion measure

Context: The attorney general must approve the ballot title before the group can begin collecting signatures to get the measure on the ballot.

• A law passed earlier this year requires groups to gather signatures from 50 of the state's counties instead of the 15 previously needed to qualify a measure for the ballot.

What he said: "I must reject your popular name and ballot title due to ambiguities in the text of your proposed measure that prevent me from ensuring that the ballot title you have submitted, or any ballot title I would substitute, is not misleading," Griffin wrote in his opinion.

The other side: "Residents want sensible reproductive policy, and Arkansans for Limited Government will begin work immediately with the amendment drafter to craft a revised amendment," the group told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

• "We are committed to supporting a ballot proposal that is clear for Arkansas voters."