Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Arkansas Republicans Vote To Eliminate Sex Ed Program In Public High Schools

Arkansas Republicans Vote To Eliminate Sex Ed Program In Public High Schools: Abortion opponents in Arkansas are currently focused on targeting Planned Parenthood, apparently unconcerned about the fact that their crusade could actually have much broader consequences in areas unrelated to abortion care. On Tuesday, the state Senate voted to strip funding from the women’s health organization, advancing a measure that would effectively kill a comprehensive sex [...]/p

Friday, March 8, 2013

The Republican Behind The Nation’s Strictest Abortion Ban Also Wants To Defund Planned Parenthood

The Republican Behind The Nation’s Strictest Abortion Ban Also Wants To Defund Planned Parenthood: State Sen. Jason Rapert (R-AR) is the architect of the nation’s most stringent abortion legislation — Arkansas’ “fetal heartbeat” ban outlawing all abortion services after just 12 weeks, which could take effect as early as this spring. But Rapert isn’t content with potentially banning one out every 10 abortions in his state. Now, he’s looking [...]/p

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Chipping Away At Roe: Arkansas And North Dakota Advance ‘Fetal Pain’ Abortion Bans

Chipping Away At Roe: Arkansas And North Dakota Advance ‘Fetal Pain’ Abortion Bans: So far this year, GOP lawmakers in Arkansas and North Dakota have practically tripped over each other to see which state can introduce more anti-abortion legislation. Among other abortion restrictions, each state is currently advancing a “fetal pain” measure to outlaw abortion procedures after 20 weeks of pregnancy — based on the scientifically disputed notion [...]/p

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Arkansas May Pass The Nation’s Most Restrictive Abortion Ban, Even Without The Governor’s Support

Arkansas May Pass The Nation’s Most Restrictive Abortion Ban, Even Without The Governor’s Support: After Republicans won big gains in the Arkansas legislature in the 2012 elections, they’ve wasted no time pushing their anti-abortion agenda in the state. Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) has already signed one new abortion restriction into law already, and he hasn’t specifically confirmed whether or not he’ll sign the other proposed anti-choice legislation in [...]/p

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Arkansas Republicans Would Jail Doctors Who Perform Abortions After Just Six Weeks Of Pregnancy

Arkansas Republicans Would Jail Doctors Who Perform Abortions After Just Six Weeks Of Pregnancy: A proposed abortion bill introduced in Arkansas this week would ban all abortion services after a fetal heartbeat is detected — which can occur as early as six weeks, before some women even realize they’re pregnant — and charge doctors who perform abortions after that arbitrary cut-off with a Class D felony, punishable by up [...]/p