Groups file lawsuits over new Arkansas abortion restrictions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Andrew Demillo, Associated Press
Updated 3:59 pm, Tuesday, June 20, 2017


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion-rights groups asked a federal court Tuesday to block Arkansas from enforcing new restrictions lawmakers approved this year, including a ban on a commonly used second-trimester procedure that the groups say would make it nearly impossible for many women in the state to have an abortion.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the measure banning the procedure known as dilation and evacuation. Abortion-rights supporters contend it's the safest and most common procedure used in second-trimester abortions.

"Instead of protecting women's health, Arkansas politicians have passed laws that defy decency and reason just to make it difficult or impossible for a woman to get an abortion," Rita Sklar, executive director of the ACLU of Arkansas, said in a statement. "They've created burdensome bureaucratic hurdles that invade patient privacy."
 
The new law is set to take effect in August. Similar bans are in effect in Mississippi and West Virginia, while other bans in Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma have been blocked by court rulings. A ban approved in Texas will take effect in September.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Groups-ask-judge-to-block-new-Arkansas-abortion-11233687.php

[TomSlick]

1. For any that were wondering,

No, the State of Arkansas does not have extra money lying around to defend spurious laws. Nevertheless, the Legislature passes bills every session they surely know will cost the State lots of money in doomed attempts to defend in court.

[Matthew28]

2. The place sounds a lot like Saudi Arabia

[TomSlick]

3. That was not my intent.

I'm not prepared to live anywhere else. We've got our problems - not least of which is a propensity to vote against our best interest - but it's beautiful and most folks are basically decent. There was a huge turnout for the Woman's March - I had a blast.

There is no challenge to being a Democrat in Democratic states. All DUers are welcome - come join the battle.

[niyad]

4. and the woman-hating assholes who wrote these laws would tell us that we have to

worry about sharia coming here. hoping we will not notice that the home-grown version is becoming more entrenched each and every day.