US judge strikes down state's ban on 12-week abortion ban; says viability still key
Source: Associated Press
US judge strikes down state's ban on 12-week abortion ban; says viability still key
By Kelly P. Kissel, The Associated Press March 14, 2014 7:33 PM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge has struck down the state of Arkansas' attempt to ban most abortions beginning 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy, saying viability, not a heartbeat, remains the key factor in determining whether abortions should be allowed.
U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright last year had stopped enforcement of the law. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed it over Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's objections. The judge made her decision final Friday.
Wright said the 12-week ban undermined U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have said a fetus' ability to live outside the womb should be the controlling factor on whether abortions may occur.
She left in place a portion of the law that requires doctors to check for a fetal heartbeat and to notify the pregnant woman if one is present.
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They struck down the ban on the ban? 
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