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1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1301
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5 By: Representative Clowney
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION
9 ACT AND THE ARKANSAS UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT TO
10 EXCLUDE AN ABORTION IN THE CASE OF A FETAL
11 ABNORMALITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH LIFE; AND FOR OTHER
12 PURPOSES.
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15 Subtitle
16 TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE
17 PROTECTION ACT AND THE ARKANSAS UNBORN
18 CHILD PROTECTION ACT TO EXCLUDE AN
19 ABORTION IN THE CASE OF A FETAL
20 ABNORMALITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH LIFE.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5-61-304(a), concerning the prohibitions
26 under the Arkansas Human Life Protection Act, is amended to read as follows:
27 (a) A person shall not purposely perform or attempt to perform an
28 abortion except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency
29 or in the case of a fetal abnormality incompatible with life.
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31 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 5-61-404(a), concerning the prohibitions
32 under the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act, is amended to read as
33 follows:
34 (a) A person shall not purposely perform or attempt to perform an
35 abortion except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency
36 or in the case of a fetal abnormality incompatible with life.
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Statutes affected:
HB 1301: 5-61-304(a), 5-61-404(a)