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Arkansas Bans ‘Sex-Selection Abortion’ (Law: (Application: 1st January…
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:
Goal: to intimidate providers and make it more difficult to access abortions
Director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Arkansas
The Guttmacher Institue
Strong gender bias -> preference for sons
Abortion rights research center
Need of high-quality health care and not interrogation
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"