Arkansas panel OKs restrictions on 2nd trimester abortions
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January 20, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas legislative committee voted Thursday to outlaw an abortion procedure that opponents call "savage" and "barbaric" while others deem it the safest way to end a pregnancy in the second trimester.
The proposal by a legislator who is also president of Arkansas Right to Life would ban dilation and evacuation, also known as a D&E abortion. The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed the measure Thursday on a voice vote.
"We have not stopped a single abortion if we pass this bill," Rep. Andy Mayberry said, telling colleagues that other, less-violent...
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