Planned Parenthood asks Supreme Court to review abortion law

Planned Parenthood Great Plains is asking the Supreme Court to rule on a 2015 Arkansas law that restricts some abortions. 

The law, which has not taken effect yet, requires providers of medication-induced abortions to contract with a second physician who holds hospital-admitting privileges. 

{mosads}Planned Parenthood argues the law would further restrict access to abortion and do nothing to increase patient health and safety. 

The organization sued over the law in 2015, arguing it could not find a doctor to partner with them at their clinics in the state. 

“This law is yet another attempt by politicians to control women’s bodies and quietly ban abortion,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

A federal district judge issued a temporary injunction on the law in 2016, but that move was overturned in July by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Planned Parenthood says the law would effectively ban medication abortion in the state and end access to abortion at all but one health center in Arkansas. 

Planned Parenthood is asking the Supreme Court to review the case and overturn the appeals court’s decision to lift the injunction.