U.S. appeals court ends block on Arkansas abortion pill law

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that an Arkansas law restricting the use of the so-called abortion pill could proceed, overturning a lower court's decision in 2015 that blocked the law a day before it was to go into effect.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis sent the case back to the federal district court in Little Rock, telling the court it must estimate approximately how many women would likely be harmed by the law before the case could proceed further.

Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which runs two of the three clinics providing abortions in Arkansas, sued the state in 2015, saying the law would rob many Arkansas women of their right to an abortion.

The law requires that any doctor dispensing abortion-inducing drugs sign a contract with another doctor who would agree to handle any medical complications that might stem from the drugs. The contracted doctor must have admitting privileges at a hospital designated to handle emergencies related to abortion pills.

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JULY 28, 2017 / 11:49 AM / 16 MINUTES AGO

Jonathan Allen


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-arkansas-idUSKBN1AD22A

[Pachamama]

1. Full Handmaids Tale in full throttle

That's what it feels like in terms of where this is all headed....

[edhopper]

2. It doesn't matter how many

if one woman is harmed, the law is unconstitutional.

Zygotes are not protected.

Trump will appoint hundreds of more Judges like these.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. The battle continues through the courts - I don't think for a moment PP will

just lay down....I so wish I was a lawyer....

[DK504]

6. Can the ACLU get involved?

[J_William_Ryan]

4. The law will eventually be invalidated.

But the reprehensible right continues its war on the privacy rights of women.

[LiberalArkie]

5. At least now our population can increase.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I have never heard of a medical emergency caused by an abortion pill. Have you?

[wolfie001]

8. Christian Taliban strikes again! nt

[Eugene]

9. Panel unblocks '15 abortion law in Arkansas, but judge later halts trimester ban

Source: ArkansasOnline

Panel unblocks '15 abortion law in Arkansas, but judge later halts trimester ban

By John Moritz
This article was published today at 3:31 a.m

A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled that Arkansas can implement a 2-year-old abortion law Friday, overturning the order of a U.S. district judge who later in the evening halted four newer abortion laws from taking effect.

First, a morning order from 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis gave the preliminary go-ahead for the state to carry out new restrictions that Planned Parenthood says will reduce abortion access to a single clinic in the state.

However, in a separate ruling near midnight, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker for the Eastern District of Arkansas sided with a doctor at a Little Rock abortion clinic who had challenged abortion restrictions enacted by the Legislature earlier this year.

It was Baker who issued the order blocking the Abortion Inducing Drugs Safety Act taking effect Jan. 1, 2016, the decision overturned earlier Friday by the three-judge panel on the 8th Circuit.

Her order Friday similarly halted Act 45 from taking effect Tuesday, as well as three other abortion laws.

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Read more: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jul/29/panel-unblocks-15-abortion-rules-201707/?f=news-arkansas