The Arkansas Act 45, which has been passed in the southern US state of the same name, does not include an exception clause for rape by a spouse or incest, meaning the foetus’s father could sue an abortion clinic, even if they have raped the woman.
Pro-choice supporters reacted with shock and disgust to the news.
Karen Musick, co-founder of Arkansas’s Abortion Support Network, told the Daily Beast: “There is zero part of me that understands why a rapist or someone who got someone pregnant against their will, maybe incest, would have any right in that decision.
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