Post by Logan on Jan 19, 2016 20:18:49 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is refusing to revive an Arkansas law that would have banned abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy if doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge called the rejection a disappointment and said the law "was a reasonable way to protect the lives of more unborn children."
"The court should have granted certiorari to change its current doctrine that prevents a state from prohibiting abortions until later in pregnancy," Rutledge said in a statement. "Arkansas and other states have a profound interest in defending the life of the unborn and as attorney general, I had a duty to fully defend this statute.”
The 2013 law was found unconstitutional in 2014 by U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock.
Continued at www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jan/19/supreme-court-rejects-arkansas-bid-revive-abortion/ .
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge called the rejection a disappointment and said the law "was a reasonable way to protect the lives of more unborn children."
"The court should have granted certiorari to change its current doctrine that prevents a state from prohibiting abortions until later in pregnancy," Rutledge said in a statement. "Arkansas and other states have a profound interest in defending the life of the unborn and as attorney general, I had a duty to fully defend this statute.”
The 2013 law was found unconstitutional in 2014 by U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock.
Continued at www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jan/19/supreme-court-rejects-arkansas-bid-revive-abortion/ .