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LITTLE ROCK Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to require women seeking an abortion to call a hotline before they can undergo the procedure.
The Senate voted 28-5 for the measure, one of several abortion restrictions that have been filed in the majority-Republican Legislature. The House-backed measure now heads to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
The measure requires the state to set up a toll-free number that women can call with information on services available if they decide to not have an abortion. The Department of Health has said it will cost $175,000 to set up the hotline and $4.8 million to operate it annually, though sponsors of the measure have estimated it would cost less based on similar programs in other states.
By Catholic News Service • Posted January 13, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) A federal appeals court reaffirmed a hold on an Arkansas law that bans abortions 18 weeks into pregnancy and another banning an abortion from being performed when a fetus is detected to have Down syndrome.
The Jan. 5 ruling from a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps in place a federal judge’s 2019 ruling that temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the law.
The court said the Arkansas statutes are governed under established case law that restricts undue burdens on women to seek an abortion. Its decision cited outcomes of previous cases including those settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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An abortion rights activist participates in a Stop Abortion Bans rally, organized by NARAL Pro-Choice California, in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 21, 2019. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 23 (UPI) A federal judge has blocked the state of Arkansas from enforcing multiple abortion bills that it s attempted to implement for more than three years.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a two-week restraining order to block four laws that ban the common abortion practice of dilation and evacuation for second-trimester abortions, require doctors to inform police if girls younger than 16 have an abortion, prohibit sex-selective abortions and regulate the disposal of fetal remains.