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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 鈥� The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in a challenge to various Arkansas laws designed to push abortion care out of reach, reversing the lower court鈥檚 decision to block the laws, and sending the case back to the lower court for further proceedings in light of the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 recent decision in June Medical Services v. Russo.

Today鈥檚 decision lifts the lower court鈥檚 preliminary injunction, and sends the case back down to the district court for further consideration in light of the Supreme Court鈥檚 recent abortion decision. The ruling will not take effect for 21 days, meaning the laws will remain blocked until August 28.

The laws at issue in this case were passed to:

• ban a safe and medically proven abortion method;
• require the patient notify their partner or other family members and effectively allow them to block their abortion;
• create new, needless, and burdensome requirements to report a patient鈥檚 abortion to local police in a way that invades the patient and family鈥檚 medical privacy 鈥� on top of the already robust mandatory reporting to state authorities; and
• force doctors to request a vast number of medical records with no medical justification, all in an attempt to burden providers, violate physician-patient confidentiality, and delay or outright block care.

If allowed to take effect, these restrictions would completely block many people from obtaining abortion care, and would eventually leave the state with even more limited abortion care.

鈥淲e are disappointed with today鈥檚 decision, but we will keep fighting to prevent these egregious laws that Arkansas politicians have tried to impose on people seeking abortion in the state to ban or block them from getting care,鈥� said Ruth Harlow, senior staff attorney in the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Reproductive Freedom Project. 鈥淎ll options are on the table to keep the laws blocked after August 28.鈥�

鈥淭hese onerous restrictions were designed with the singular intent to take away the right to abortion and punish people for seeking care,鈥� said Holly Dickson, 老澳门开奖结果 of Arkansas legal director and interim executive director. 鈥淭his ruling is a reminder that the fight against these extreme abortion restrictions is far from won. We are evaluating our next steps and will continue to fight to ensure these harmful and unconstitutional laws do not take effect.鈥�

鈥淲e will exhaust our legal options to make sure these laws do not take effect,鈥� said Hillary Schneller, staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights. 鈥淭here is no question that these laws would make it harder to access abortion in Arkansas. The Supreme Court just weeks ago reaffirmed that a state cannot pass laws that unduly burden a person鈥檚 access to abortion, and that is exactly what these laws do.鈥�

These laws are just four of the more than 463 restrictions states have passed on abortion since 2011. Just three months ago, the state of Arkansas moved to ban abortion procedures during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by labeling abortion care as non-essential, despite opposition from leading national medical groups.

The lawsuit was filed by the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arkansas, and the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Frederick W. Hopkins, M.D. M.P.H.