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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 鈥� A federal judge in Arkansas has blocked four new laws restricting abortion access in the state. Three of the laws were set to go into effect August 1st; the fourth would have gone into effect January 1st, 2018. The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果), the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arkansas, and the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged these laws in June, and the judge鈥檚 ruling will enjoin them until the litigation is resolved.

The laws blocked by the preliminary injunction would:

• ban a safe and medically proven abortion method, making abortion care completely unavailable for some women as a pregnancy progresses;

• require notification of the woman鈥檚 partner or other family members and effectively allow them to block her abortion;
• create new, needless, and burdensome requirements to report a young woman鈥檚 abortion to local police in a way that invades her and her 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 women鈥檚 care.

Another Arkansas law, which targets abortion providers for medically unnecessary overregulation, has also been challenged in a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood Great Plains and the 老澳门开奖结果; a hearing on this case will be held on August 10.
老澳门开奖结果 statements:

Talcott Camp, deputy director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Reproductive Freedom Project: 鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to know these insulting, harmful, and unconstitutional laws will be enjoined while we fight them in court. By blocking these laws, the judge has prevented some of the most egregious burdens Arkansas politicians have tried to impose on women seeking abortion in the state.鈥�

Rita Sklar, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arkansas: 鈥淎rkansas women can feel a little relief today, knowing that these laws are blocked from taking effect. Instead of protecting women鈥檚 health, Arkansas politicians have passed laws that defy decency and reason just to make it difficult or impossible for a woman to get an abortion. We鈥檙e fighting to see these laws struck down before they can be used to block a woman鈥檚 access to care.鈥�

Statement from Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:

鈥淎rkansas politicians made it their mission to rob women of their health care options this year. Today鈥檚 ruling elevates women鈥檚 health over four cruel and unconstitutional restrictions which ignore women鈥檚 dignity and privacy. The Center for Reproductive Rights will continue to stand with Arkansas women against attacks on their rights and vows to fight these restrictions until they are permanently blocked.鈥�
More about this case can be found here: /cases/hopkins-v-jegley-challenge-arkansas-law-restricting-abortion-rights

The complaint can be found here: /legal-document/hopkins-v-jegley-complaint