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The federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has backed a previous ruling to strike down the Arkansas 12-week abortion ban and ordered the state\u00a0to pay over $28,000 of costs and legal fees to the winning attorneys, the Associated Press reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Passed in 2013 by a supermajority over Governor Mike Beebe\u2019s veto, the law forbids abortion if a heartbeat can be found as early as twelve weeks, but was challenged as an unconstitutional imposition on the so-called right to choose abortion.<\/p>\n

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After a three-judge panel of the 8th<\/sup> Circuit sided against the law in May, determining that viability was the only basis for abortion limits that complied with Roe v. Wade<\/em>, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed<\/a> an appeal for the entire court to hear the case, which was ultimately unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

According to the latest ruling, the state must pay the pro-abortion lawyers $76.30 in costs, $27,060 in attorney’s fees, and $1,375 in expenses.<\/p>\n

Preborn babies\u2019 heartbeats can most commonly be detected as early as 12 weeks, but begin at<\/a> approximately 3 weeks, one day post-fertilization, and can sometimes be heard as early as eight weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has backed a previous ruling to strike down the Arkansas 12-week abortion ban and ordered the state\u00a0to pay over $28,000 of costs and legal fees to the winning attorneys, the Associated Press reports. 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