{"id":198566,"date":"2019-03-15T17:55:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198566"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:55:40","slug":"arkansas-utah-ban-abortion-18-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-utah-ban-abortion-18-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas, Utah both pass legislation banning abortion after 18 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While other states in the union seem to be attempting to pass bills that will allow abortion in all three trimesters without limits — like New York (which is now law), Vermont, and Illinois — others are heading in the opposite direction.\u00a0Multiple states (like Mississippi<\/a>, Tennessee<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a>, Ohio, Florida<\/a>, and others) are in the process of passing legislation banning abortion after a heartbeat can be detected early in the first trimester. And this week, in Arkansas and Utah, legislators passed bills banning abortion after 18 weeks. Time<\/a> notes that in Arkansas, “the 18-week proposal is among several abortion restrictions that have moved quickly through the majority-Republican Legislature,” as the state already has a new law that will ban abortion there if Roe v. Wade<\/em> is ever overturned. Time adds:<\/p>\n

The Arkansas House gave final approval by an 86-1 vote to the bill there, which Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson has said he supports. Arkansas already bans abortion 20 weeks into a woman\u2019s pregnancy. Hutchinson told reporters he believed the restriction would likely survive a court challenge.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Utah has already passed<\/a>\u00a0a ban on Down syndrome abortions, which will only be upheld pending a higher court decision. However, it is uncertain whether Governor Gary Herbert will sign an 18-week abortion ban into law even though he is thought to be pro-life.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Utah women now have informed consent before abortion. Here\u2019s why that matters.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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18 weeks<\/p><\/div>\n

Heather Stringfellow of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah told 2News<\/a> in Salt Lake City, \u201cIt is unconstitutional, which the legislature knows, and we will file a lawsuit and ask for a temporary restraining order to keep this from going into law.” In addition, the ACLU has said it will also sue if the ban is signed into law.<\/p>\n

Time claims the 18-week bans would be “the strictest in the country” if upheld.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While other states in the union seem to be attempting to pass bills that will allow abortion in all three trimesters without limits — like New York (which is now law), Vermont, and Illinois — others are heading in the opposite direction.\u00a0Multiple states (like Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Florida, and others) are in the process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":192285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nArkansas, Utah both pass legislation banning abortion after 18 weeks - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While multiple states attempt to remove all limits from abortion, Arkansas and Utah have passed legislation banning it after 18 weeks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arkansas-utah-ban-abortion-18-weeks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arkansas, Utah both pass legislation banning abortion after 18 weeks - 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