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In 2014, there were three abortion clinics in the state. [17] In 2014, 97% of the counties in the state did not have an abortion clinic. That year, 77% of women in the state aged 15–44 lived in a county without an abortion clinic. [18] As of 2019, the state had one Planned Parenthood clinic, which offered abortion services. [19]
Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that states participating in Medicaid are not required to fund medically necessary abortions for which federal reimbursement was unavailable as a result of the Hyde Amendment, which restricted the use of federal funds for abortion. [1]
Flower Hospital occupied the old Morningside building at 512 North Boulder from 1925 to 1941. The hospital closed, and the building was remodeled for use by the Tulsa County Health Department. [3] City of Faith Hospital, founded by preacher Oral Roberts, opened at 81st Street and Lewis Avenue in 1981. The hospital and its related medical school ...
Voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, lawmakers expanded health care access to undocumented immigrants and a long-stalled effort to rein in prescription drug costs for state ...
The new clinic, just across the state line in Pittsburg, expects to serve patients in Missouri and other states.
In Arkansas, the group’s proposal which is called the Arkansas Abortion Amendment, would protect abortion access in the state constitution up to 18 weeks after fertilization.
The U.S. Supreme Court removed the nationwide right to abortion with a 2022 ruling, which sparked a national push to have voters decide the matter state by state. An Arkansas law banning abortion took effect when the court issued its ruling. Arkansas’ current ban allows abortion only to protect the mother’s life in a medical emergency.
Abortion is illegal in Arkansas, [24] with an exception for abortions necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman; there are no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal abnormalities. [25] [26] Doctors determined to have performed an abortion face up to 10 years in prison, and fines up to $100,000. [27]