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The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that protected women's rights to an abortion struck a bad chord with some local elected officials, while proponents of Friday's ruling saw it as the successful completion of decades of struggle, now that states including Arkansas are allowed to criminalize abortion again.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Friday signed a certificate implementing a 2019 law that bans abortions in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion across the country.
The state Senate Ethics Committee will continue deliberations about two ethics complaints filed against state senators Monday morning, after the committee convened in a private executive session for more than seven hours Thursday.
The Arkansas Senate Ethics Committee on Wednesday convened in a closed-door executive session for more than five hours to consider evidence after two ethics complaints were filed against state senators last week.
The Alliance for a Better Arkansas Inc. group has paid a $500 fine and been issued a public letter of caution by the Arkansas Ethics Commission in a settlement of complaint filed against the organization, commission records show.