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Arkansas Senate passes bill to outlaw abortion after 20 weeks
The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to Reuters. The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act makes it a crime to perform an abortion once a fetus is capable of experiencing pain, which anti-abortion advocates claim occurs around 20 weeks of…
Arkansas Senate advances extreme anti-abortion bill
An Arkansas Senate panel advanced one of the most restrictive anti-abortion proposal in the nation on Wednesday. The bill would prohibit abortion after fetal heart tones can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks of pregnancy. The legislation contains exceptions in cases of rape, incest and if…
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