LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, January 6, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – A judge has blocked Arkansas's new pro-life laws for two weeks, saying that one is medically unnecessary and the other violates the “right to choose to have an abortion of a nonviable fetus.”
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker wrote that the requirement for abortionists to use six, not four, doses of the Mifepristone abortion pill “does not appear to be the current standard of care.” She also said a requirement to have only doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals conduct medication abortions “would result in an undue burden and have the effect of placing a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman's right to choose to have an abortion of a nonviable fetus.”
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Planned Parenthood of the Heartland claimed in its lawsuit against the state that the extra doses for the pill are unnecessary and costly – even though they are within the standards from the federal Food and Drug Administration.
Additionally, the abortion company says it has not been able to find doctors who will contract to conduct the abortions.
Both provisions were passed into law last March. However, they were challenged by Planned Parenthood and delayed just days before implementation earlier this month.
