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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect on July 28. The measure was passed this year by the majority-Republican Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, blocking legislation recently passed in Arkansas that would have made nearly all abortions in the state illegal.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker wrote that the abortion ban was “categorically unconstitutional” because it restricts abortions prior to a fetus being considered viable.
She said that the plaintiffs in this case were likely to succeed on the merits of their argument that the law impacted pre-viability abortions.
The Arkansas law would restrict all abortions that would not be necessary to save the life of the mother, according to the Associated Press. No exceptions would be made for cases of rape or incest.
Federal judge blocks Arkansas law banning most abortions
ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2012, file photo, Kristine Baker smiles after being sworn in as a U.S. District judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock. On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, Baker blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions from taking effect during the month, issuing a preliminary injunction preventing the law’s enforcement while she considers a challenge to its constitutionality. (Rick McFarland/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)Rick McFarland/AP
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality.
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A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a recently passed Arkansas law that would have barred nearly all abortions in the state.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker wrote the ban was “categorically unconstitutional” as it bans abortions before a fetus would be considered viable.
She concluded that the plaintiffs in this case had standing to challenge the law in terms of how it affected pre-viability abortions, and that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their argument.
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The Arkansas abortion law would only allow abortions to be performed to save the life of the mother and would not make exceptions for cases of rape or incest.