After Trump win, abortion opponents push for new limits in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — Buoyed by Republicans' expanded majorities in the Legislature and Donald Trump's presidential victory, abortion opponents in Arkansas are pushing for bans on a commonly used second trimester procedure, terminating a pregnancy based on the fetus' sex and other restrictions next year.
A Republican lawmaker plans to file legislation next week to prohibit dilation and evacuation, or "D&E," a second trimester procedure that abortion supporters say is the safest and most common.
"It's barbaric, it's savage, it's cruel and it's something we don't need to support as a society," said Rep.-elect Andy Mayberry, who is also president of Arkansas Right to Life, which calls the procedure "dismemberment abortion" and says the ban is its top legislative priority when lawmakers convene in January.
Planned Parenthood countered, saying it's prepared to fight any proposed restrictions it considers "extreme and ideological attacks" on women.
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