More Women Choose Medical Abortions

Jacqueline Froelich

For the first time, a majority of women in the U.S. are now choosing medical abortions, using drugs to terminate pregnancy, rather than invasive surgical abortions. Janet Cathey, M.D. an obstetrician/gynecologist provider at Planned Parenthood Great Plains Little Rock explains the benefits as well as risks.

The following report contains medical details that may be too sensitive for some listeners.

Correction: We report that both Planned Parenthood Great Plains clinics in Arkansas provide medical abortions. Only the Little Rock Clinic dispenses prescription abortion pills. The Rogers clinic does not.

https://www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-at-large/2022-03-21/more-women-choose-medical-abortions

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Senate Education Committee Advances Bills on Patriotism, Planned Parenthood Restrictions

by Steve Brawner (BRAWNERSTEVE@MAC.COM)

The Senate Education Committee advanced bills Wednesday (April 14) preventing schools from transacting with abortion providers, requiring students to have a moment of silence after saying the Pledge of Allegiance, and requiring the national anthem to be sung before sporting events.

Meanwhile, it declined to endorse a bill returning school districts to local control within five years of being taken over by the state, and a bill that would treat students’ voluntary religious expression the same as secular expression.

House Bill 1592, the Arkansas Student Protection Act by Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, prohibits public schools from knowingly entering into any transaction with an individual or entity that provides abortions. It passed 5-3 on a roll call vote. The panel’s five Republicans voted yes and its three Democrats voted no.

https://talkbusiness.net/2021/04/senate-education-committee-advances-bills-on-patriotism-planned-parenthood-restrictions/

Judge Temporarily Halts Four Arkansas Abortion Laws

By DANIEL BREEN

A federal judge has blocked four laws restricting access to abortion in Arkansas just hours after they took effect.

U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker on Tuesday granted the request from abortion rights groups, issuing a two-week restraining order against the laws. Baker had previously put a halt to the laws in 2017, though a federal appeals court later vacated that ruling….. (Click on Link Below for More)

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/post/judge-temporarily-halts-four-arkansas-abortion-laws

Supporters of Planned Parenthood gather in front of its Little Rock clinic in this file photo from Feb. 2018.

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