Abortion in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court in Arkansas temporarily blocked an order preventing the only surgical abortion clinic in the state from performing the procedure during the Covid-19 pandemic, finding the record supports the clinic’s claim that the ban will inflict “serious physical, emotional and psychological injuries” on patients by forcing them to delay or forgo abortions.

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