Arkansas Bans ‘Sex-Selection Abortion’
Law:
Application: 1st January 2018
Doctors investigation of the pregnancy history (Arkansas -> 1st state)
The reason of the abortus (to avoid gender selection)
Signed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson
Otherwise: risk of imprisonment, civil penalties, revocation or suspension of doctor's medical license
Second piece of abortion legislation
Opponents:
"Invasion of medical privacy"
Rita Skar:
The Guttmacher Institue
Strong gender bias -> preference for sons
Need of high-quality health care and not interrogation
Goal: to intimidate providers and make it more difficult to access abortions
Director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Arkansas
Abortion rights research center
Sponsor of the bill:
Republican, Rep. Charlie Collins
Idea:
Former one-chia policy in China
Make it easier to detect gender earlier in a pregnancy
Pregnancy history: "trade-off"