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AR SB581
Bill
Status
5/1/2023
Primary Sponsor
Clint Penzo
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AI Summary
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Requires clinics, health centers, and other facilities performing abortions (including nonsurgical) to be licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health
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Prohibits hospitals from performing abortions except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency
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Defines "abortion" as using, prescribing, administering, or procuring any instrument, medicine, drug, or substance with the purpose to terminate pregnancy, knowing it will reasonably cause death of the unborn child
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Excludes from the definition of abortion acts performed to save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child, remove a dead unborn child from spontaneous abortion, or remove an ectopic pregnancy
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Makes the licensure requirements effective only upon certification that Arkansas is enjoined from enforcing certain abortion restrictions or those restrictions are repealed to allow abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life in a medical emergency
Legislative Description
To Require Licensure Of A Clinic And Health Center In Which A Pregnancy Of A Women Known To Be Pregnant Is Willfully Terminated Or Aborted.
Last Action
Sine Die adjournment
5/1/2023