Arkansas Politics & News
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opinion
Arkansas Bill Would Bar Doctors From Transgender Drug, Surgical ‘Experimentation’ on Minors
Just a week after Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed bills protecting women’s sports and medical conscience protections from being forced to bend to progressive gender ideology, he now has the chance to sign yet another pro-science bill that would protect children from harmful surgical and hormonal interventions on their bodies in the name of “gender… -
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China Must Be Held Accountable for COVID-19 Pandemic, Arkansas Attorney General Says
Eighteen state attorneys general have signed onto a letter requesting that Congress investigate China’s role in the coronavirus pandemic. One of the signatories of the letter, Leslie Rutledge, the attorney general of Arkansas, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss why and how China should be held accountable. She also discusses the Supreme Court’s decision last… -
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Planned Parenthood Frustrated With Arkansas Abortion Law. Asks Judge to Reconsider Again.
Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case [that could have lead to an outcome] that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to continue offering medication abortions, the abortion organization asked a federal judge to reconsider the ruling. Planned Parenthood attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker Friday to block Arkansas’… -
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Supreme Court Declined to Hear Arkansas Abortion Case. Here’s What That Means.
This week, the Supreme Court declined to take up Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a 2015 Arkansas law intended to protect women experiencing complications after a medication abortion. The commonsense reform would require clinics that provide abortion-inducing drugs to have an arrangement with a doctor at a nearby hospital. In the case of an emergency, that… -
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Planned Parenthood Loses Legal Battle Over Medicaid Funding in Arkansas
This week, a federal appeals court upheld Arkansas’ decision to cancel its Medicaid provider agreement with Planned Parenthood, which allowed Medicaid recipients to receive non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood clinics. This is good news for other states that decide to stop allowing taxpayers’ money to flow to Planned Parenthood. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in… -
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Judge Orders Arkansas to Pay Planned Parenthood for Treatment of Three Patients
A judge has ordered the state of Arkansas to continue payments to Planned Parenthood on behalf of three Medicaid patients who sued the state after Gov. Asa Hutchinson attempted to defund the organization. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction mandating that the state continue to pay for three unidentified women—referred to as Jane… -
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Arkansas, Utah Become the Latest States to Defund Planned Parenthood
Arkansas and Utah have become the fourth and fifth states to block or partially block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, following a series of undercover videos depicting senior executives discussing prices for fetal body parts. Planned Parenthood spokespersons have condemned the Center for Medical Progress, the pro-life organization behind the videos, as “anti-choice extremists” and…