Planned Parenthood says it’s complying with restriction

wireready_11-05-2018-23-30-02_05509_plannedparenthood

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Planned Parenthood says it’s now complying with an
Arkansas law that was put on hold requiring doctors providing abortions pills to
contract with a physician with admitting privileges at a hospital who agrees to
handle any complications.

Attorneys for Planned Parenthood Great Plains and the state of Arkansas asked
a federal appeals court Monday to lift a judge’s ruling that had prevented the
state from enforcing the abortion pill restriction. A federal judge in July had
issued a preliminary injunction against the law but ordered Planned Parenthood
to continue trying to find a contracting physician.

Monday’s joint filing said Planned Parenthood found a physician willing to
contract with it.

Planned Parenthood had argued Arkansas’ restriction would have made the state
the first in the nation to effectively ban abortion pills.

WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI