Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark Roe v. Wade decision but opponents vow to block before it takes effect later this year.

The Republican governor had expressed reservations about the bill, which only allows the procedure to save the life of the mother and does not provide exceptions for those impregnated in an act of rape or incest. Arkansas is one of at least 14 states where legislators have proposed outright abortion bans this year.

Hutchinson said he was signing the bill because of its "overwhelming legislative support and my sincere and long-held pro-life convictions".

The bans were pushed by Republicans who want to force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide. Conservatives believe the court is more open to striking down the decision following former President Donald Trump's three appointments to the court.

"We must abolish abortion in this nation just as we abolished slavery in the 19th century – all lives matter", Republican Sen. Jason Rapert, the bill's sponsor said in a statement.

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Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

Appaling attack of the white/racist, religious, supremacist, fascist Republican structures of power against freedom of choice