Rachel Spencer with Arkansans for Limited Government encourages attendees at a rally on Jan. 28, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center to support a ballot initiative to expand abortion access in the state. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
The thought of starting a family in a post-Roe world left Rachel Spencer feeling scared and powerless, so she decided to take action.
As a volunteer with Arkansans for Limited Government, Spencer is working to add a limited right to abortion to the state’s Constitution through a ballot initiative.
Arkansas could become the first Southern state to make abortion a constitutional right if voters approve the measure in November.
“We can take that power back. We do not have to feel this way, because abortion is health care, health care should be private and intrusive policies from politicians have no place in our medical decisions,” Spencer said.
Arkansas Right to Life has launched a Decline to Sign campaign in response to a ballot initiative to enshrine a limited right to abortion in the state’s constitution. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)