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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation banning nearly all abortions, sending the bill to a Republican governor who has expressed reservations about the move. Abortion rights groups have said they’re prepared to challenge the outright ban if it’s enacted.
Arkansas Lawmakers Approve Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions
4 Mar 2021
The Arkansas legislature has voted to approve a measure that would ban nearly all abortions, except those to save the life of the mother.
The lawmakers have now sent SB 6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act to Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), who is pro-life, but, reportedly, has some reservations about the bill’s omissions of exceptions for rape and incest, and concerning if the measure would lead to a direct challenge to
Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark Supreme Court case in which the Court created a right to abortion.
Who can trust a person that sees no trouble in aborting and killing an innocent baby? Arkansas can do better. https://t.co/wPY4k85IUn
The bill bans all abortions except those to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency, and does not include any exceptions for rape or incest.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a measure easing the state's restrictions on the use of deadly force in self-defense, but urged conservatives who.