"SB6 is in contradiction of binding precedents of the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is the intent of the legislation to set the stage for the Supreme Court overturning current case law." Those include a similar near-total abortion ban passed in Alabama in 2019 and an 18-week bill passed by Arkansas in 2019. Arkansas already has several abortion restrictions in effect. Ali Taylor -- co-founder and president of the Arkansas Abortion Support Network, which organized opposition to the bill -- emphasized the significance of existing restrictions. "We want to save them all and a ban on abortion, to prohibit abortion, to abolish abortion in Arkansas — the time has come.

Source: CNN March 09, 2021 22:08 UTC