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Pre-Abortion Covid-19 Test

A federal court in Arkansas denied an abortion clinic’s motion for a temporary restraining order to enjoin the state’s Department of Health from enforcing its requirement that women seeking surgical abortions obtain a negative Covid-19 test result 48 hours before the procedure.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court in Arkansas declined to block a state requirement that women seeking surgical abortions obtain a negative Covid-19 test result 48 hours before the procedure.

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