Edwards v. Beck

Challenge to Arkansas law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected with an abdominal ultrasound, generally around 12 weeks of pregnancy. Current Status: In April 2013, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the ACLU challenged the law in U.S. District Court. (See the law here. Learn more about the case here.)

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Repro Health Watch — an exciting new edition of the Women’s Health Policy Report — compiles and distributes media coverage of proposed and enacted state laws and ballot initiatives affecting women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care, as well as litigation in response to those provisions.