Authority: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (USA)

Date: 05/27/2015

Subject: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit confirmed the constitutional illegitimacy of the Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act, where it prohibited (apart from some exceptions) abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy

Parties: Louis Jerry Edwards, M.D., on behalf of himself and his patients; Tom Tvedten, M.D., on behalf of himself and his patients v. Joseph M. Beck, M.D., President of the Arkansas State Medical Board, and his successors in office, in their official capacity, et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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