LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ attorney general is appealing a federal
judge’s decision that prevents the state from enforcing a law that critics say
would effectively ban abortion pills in the state.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Thursday filed notice that she was
appealing a preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued
this week that prevented Arkansas from enforcing the law, which says doctors who
provide the pills must hold a contract with a physician with admitting
privileges at a hospital who agrees to handle any complications.
Planned Parenthood has said its two facilities and another unaffiliated clinic
in Little Rock have been unable to find a physician willing to contract with
them.
The U.S. Supreme Court in May rejected Planned Parenthood’s appeal to
reinstate Baker’s 2016 preliminary injunction blocking the law.
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