Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Signs Bill Banning Most Abortions
10 Mar 2021
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a bill into law Tuesday that will ban most abortions in the state except those to save the life of the mother.
JUST IN: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed SB6, a near-total abortion bill, into state law on Tuesday. https://t.co/OMihlRGnOT
Hutchinson signed SB 6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act, stating the measure is “a pro-life bill that prohibits abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.”
“It does not include exceptions for rape and incest,” the governor said, adding his reservations about the legislation:
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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) signed a bill restricting abortions, SB6, into law on Tuesday. The law prohibits women from obtaining abortions in Arkansas, with one exception for the life of the mother.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 9, 2021
Exceptions for rape or incest are not written into the bill, which Hutchinson said that he would have preferred in the final version of the legislation. He hopes the law will compel the Supreme Court to review the 1973
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Arkansas is preparing to abolish abortion – but because of expected legal challenges, it may be several years before a new law doing that can go into effect.
There s a reason the Natural State is the most pro-life state in America, according to Americans United for Life. For example, two years ago, the Natural State passed what s known as a trigger law that says if
Roe v. Wade is ever overturned – effectively making abortion a state-level decision – abortion will be illegal in Arkansas. In 2019 alone, Arkansas passed ten separate bills protecting pre-born children – as well as another measure affirmatively rejecting suicide by physician, saying that could never be considered to be medicine.
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