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A federal appeals court has upheld an order blocking Arkansas state restrictions on abortions after 18 weeks and abortions performed because of a fetal test indicating Down syndrome.
The unanimous panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that both restrictions, which had been challenged by the Little Rock Family Planning Services, a clinic that performs abortions, ran afoul of clear Supreme Court precedent holding that abortion cannot be restricted before a fetus is viable. That threshold is generally agreed to be at 24 weeks.
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The Senate confirmed Erickson to the 8
th Circuit on Sept. 28, 2017, by a vote of 95–1. He received the most votes of any of Trump’s appeals court nominees. Erickson previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, to which George W. Bush appointed him in 2003.
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Arkansas is the most pro-life state in the nation according to a national anti-abortion advocacy group.
The designation comes from the Washington, D.C.-based Americans United for Life, which ranks each state based on laws and policies aimed at restricting access to the procedure.
Speaking in a news conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday, Americans United for Life president and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster said states have more leeway to restrict the procedure as federal courts tilt more conservative. We have seen with the elevation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett that we now have a solid pro-life majority on the United States Supreme Court. And that means that state lawmakers across America, and led by Arkansas, will have the chance to pass meaningful community protections for the pre-born and their mothers that won’t be immediately struck down by activist, pro-abortion federal courts, Foster said.