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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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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