LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Board of Health has determined three clinics violated a state law barring them from collecting money from a patient seeking an abortion during a wait period before the procedure.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the board upheld the state Department of Health’s findings in March following inspections of Little Rock Family Planning Services and the Planned Parenthood clinics in Little Rock and Fayetteville. The board agreed the clinics violated a 2015 law that prohibits facilities from charging women for abortion-related services during the 48-hour “reflection period” before the procedure.
The board didn’t impose fines but the finding enforces a restriction that
clinics say causes them to lose thousands of dollars.
The clinics’ attorney Bettina Brownstein says many women never return after
initial visits and don’t end up paying their bills.
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