Arkansas is turning into a modern day Handmaids Tale

[turbinetree]

So far this year, Arkansas has passed more anti-abortion legislation than any other state in the country. Its most recent legislative success found a way to take the choice out of the woman’s hands entirely. HB 1566, or the Tissue Disposal Mandate, forces women seeking abortions to obtain the biological father’s permission before she can have the procedure. The bill passed without any dissent in Arkansas’s house of representatives and is scheduled to go into effect at the end of the month.

However, there are organizations fighting back. The ACLU of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights have filed a lawsuit against four bills passed in Arkansas that they claim “enact unclear and burdensome requirements that will delay or deny women access to care and stop physicians from providing it.” The hearings began this week and the judge is expected to rule before the laws would take effect.




https://thinkprogress.org/arkansas-is-turning-into-a-modern-day-handmaids-tale-95e1c2643295

[Bettie]

1. Both disgusting and frightening

Of course, it will go through and be a model for other laws in other states.