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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Of Restrictive Abortion Law In Arkansas

If the law, which heavily restricts abortion by medication, is allowed to permanently go into effect, it would likely shutter two of the state's three facilities that perform abortions.

Updated at 11:42 a.m. ET

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal of a restrictive abortion law in Arkansas that puts heavy limits on medication abortions.

The Supreme Court sent it back down to a lower court. With no dissenters — and the law being similar

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