Judge Kristine Baker of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state of Arkansas, and its officials, from enforcing three recently passed acts pertaining to abortion.
The three acts, Act 700, Act 619, and Act 493, all relate to women’s reproductive rights and are the focus of ongoing litigation in the case of Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Rutledge.
Act 700 would require that a physician be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Arkansas and be board-certified or board-eligible in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
