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AR Code § 20-16-1202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|§ 20-16-1202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion:  (A) Purposely vaginally delivers a living human fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the female or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the female, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living human fetus; and  (B) Performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery of a living human fetus, that kills the partially delivered living human fetus; and    (2)  (A) “Physician” means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally authorized to practice medicine and surgery in this state, or any other individual legally authorized by the state to perform abortions.  (B) However, any individual who is not a physician or not otherwise legally authorized by the state to perform abortions but who nevertheless directly performs a partial-birth abortion is subject to this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-16-1203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|§ 20-16-1203. Partial-birth abortions prohibited — Penalty — Exception

 (a)  (1) Any person who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus is guilty of a Class D felony.  (2) This subsection does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.    (b) A female upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed shall not be prosecuted under this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-16-1204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|§ 20-16-1204. License suspension or revocation and fines

 (a)  (1) After proper notice and an opportunity to be heard, the Arkansas State Medical Board may assess a civil fine against a physician who violates this subchapter.  (2) The civil fine shall not exceed:  (A) Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the first violation;  (B) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the second violation;  (C) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the third violation; and  (D) For each subsequent violation, any amount over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) sufficient to deter future violations.      (b) The board may suspend or revoke the physician's license in accordance with procedures established under § 17-95-410.  (c)  (1) All fines assessed and collected under this section shall be remitted to the Treasurer of State.  (2) The Treasurer of State shall deposit the entire amount of any fines collected under this section into the State Treasury as general revenues.    (d) The civil fine assessed under this section is in addition to the criminal penalty imposed under § 20-16-1203.
AR Code § 20-16-1205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|§ 20-16-1205. Civil liability

 (a) The father, if married to the mother at the time she receives a partial-birth abortion procedure, and if the mother has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the fetus, may obtain appropriate relief in a civil action unless the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.  (b) Relief under subsection (a) of this section shall include:  (1) Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the violation of this section; and  (2) Statutory damages equal to three (3) times the cost of the partial-birth abortion.    (c) Damages shall not be assessed against the female upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed.
AR Code § 20-16-1206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|§ 20-16-1206. Hearings before the Arkansas State Medical Board

 (a) A physician accused of a violation of this subchapter may seek a hearing before the Arkansas State Medical Board to determine whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the female under § 20-16-1203.  (b) Findings from a hearing held under subsection (a) of this section are admissible at the trial of the physician on the issue of whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the female under § 20-16-1203.  (c) Upon a motion of the physician, the circuit court shall delay the beginning of the trial for not more than ninety (90) days to permit a hearing under subsection (a) of this section to take place.
AR Code § 20-16-1207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|§ 20-16-1207. Provision for anonymity of female

 (a) In every proceeding or action under this subchapter, the circuit court shall rule whether the anonymity of any female upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed should be preserved from public disclosure if the female does not give her consent to the disclosure.  (b)  (1) Upon its own motion or upon motion by a party to the proceeding or action under this subchapter, the circuit court shall make a ruling concerning the anonymity of any female upon whom a partial-birth abortion is performed.  (2) Upon determining that the anonymity should be preserved, the circuit court shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard the female's identity from public disclosure.  (3) Each order under subdivision (b)(2) of this section shall be accompanied by a specific written finding explaining:  (A) Why the anonymity of the female should be preserved from public disclosure;  (B) Why the order is essential to that end;  (C) How the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest; and  (D) Why no reasonable, less restrictive alternative exists.      (c) In the absence of written consent of the female upon whom a partial-birth abortion has been performed, any person other than a public official who brings an action under this subchapter shall do so under a pseudonym.  (d) This section shall not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of a witness from the defendant.
AR Code § 20-16-1301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act”.
AR Code § 20-16-1302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1302. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Contraceptive” means a device, drug, or chemical that prevents fertilization;  (2) “Fetus” means the human offspring developing during pregnancy from the moment of fertilization and includes the embryonic stage of development;  (3) “Heartbeat” means cardiac activity, the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac;  (4) “Human individual” means an individual organism of the species Homo sapiens;  (5) “Major bodily function” includes without limitation functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions;  (6) “Medical emergency” means a condition in which an abortion is necessary:  (A) To preserve the life of the pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman; or  (B) Due to the existence of a highly lethal fetal disorder as defined by the Arkansas State Medical Board;    (7) “Pregnancy” means the human female reproductive condition that begins with fertilization when the female is carrying the developing human offspring and is calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the human female; and  (8) “Viability” means a medical condition that begins with a detectible fetal heartbeat.
AR Code § 20-16-1303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1303. Testing for heartbeat

 (a) A person authorized to perform abortions under Arkansas law shall not perform an abortion on a pregnant woman before the person tests the pregnant woman to determine whether the fetus that the pregnant woman is carrying possesses a detectible heartbeat.  (b)  (1) A person authorized to perform abortions under Arkansas law shall perform an abdominal ultrasound test necessary to detect a heartbeat of an unborn human individual according to standard medical practice, including the use of medical devices as determined by standard medical practice.  (2) Tests performed under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be approved by the Arkansas State Medical Board.    (c) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall adopt rules:  (1)  (A) Based on standard medical practice for testing for the fetal heartbeat of an unborn human individual.  (B) Rules adopted under this subsection shall specify that a test for fetal heartbeat is not required in the case of a medical emergency; and    (2) To define, based on available medical evidence, the statistical probability of bringing an unborn human individual to term based on the gestational age of the unborn human individual possessing a detectible heartbeat.    (d) If a fetal heartbeat is detected during the test required under this section, the person performing the test shall inform the pregnant woman in writing:  (1) That the unborn human individual that the pregnant woman is carrying possesses a heartbeat;  (2) Of the statistical probability of bringing the unborn human individual to term based on the gestational age of the unborn human individual possessing a detectible heartbeat; and  (3) An abortion is prohibited under § 20-16-1304.    (e) If a heartbeat has been detected, the pregnant woman shall sign a form acknowledging that she has received the information required under subsection (d) of this section.
AR Code § 20-16-1304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1304. Prohibitions

 (a) A person authorized to perform abortions under Arkansas law shall not perform an abortion on a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human individual whose heartbeat has been detected under § 20-16-1303 and is twelve (12) weeks or greater gestation.  (b) A violation of this section as determined by the Arkansas State Medical Board shall result in the revocation of the medical license of the person authorized to perform abortions under Arkansas law.
AR Code § 20-16-1305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1305. Exemptions — Medical personnel

 (a) A person does not violate this subchapter if the person:  (1) Performs a medical procedure designed to or intended to prevent the death of a pregnant woman or in reasonable medical judgment to preserve the life of the pregnant woman;  (2)  (A) Has undertaken an examination for the presence of a heartbeat in the fetus utilizing standard medical practice; and  (B) The examination does not reveal a heartbeat; or    (3) Has been informed by a medical professional who has undertaken the examination for fetal heartbeat that the examination did not reveal a fetal heartbeat.    (b) This subchapter does not apply to:  (1) An abortion performed to save the life of the mother;  (2) A pregnancy that results from rape under § 5-14-103 or incest under § 5-26-202; or  (3) A medical emergency.
AR Code § 20-16-1306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1306. Exemptions

 This subchapter does not:   (1) Subject a pregnant female on whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed to any criminal prosecution or civil penalty; or  (2) Prohibit the sale, use, prescription, or administration of a measure, drug, or chemical designed for contraceptive purposes.
AR Code § 20-16-1307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act|§ 20-16-1307. Tolling of effective date

 If a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction voids a provision of this subchapter as unconstitutional, the effective date of that provision shall be tolled until that provision has been upheld as valid by an appellate tribunal.
AR Code § 20-16-1401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 14 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act|§ 20-16-1401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act”.
AR Code § 20-16-1402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 14 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act|§ 20-16-1402. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device:  (A) To terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to:  (i) Increase the probability of a live birth;  (ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or  (iii) Remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of natural causes in utero, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant woman or her unborn child; and    (B) Which causes the premature termination of the pregnancy;    (2) “Attempt to perform or induce an abortion” means an act or an omission of a statutorily required act, that under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance or induction of an abortion in this state in violation of this subchapter;  (3) “Fertilization” means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum;  (4)  (A) “Medical emergency” means a condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the pregnant woman that it necessitates the immediate abortion of her pregnancy:  (i) Without first determining post-fertilization age to avert the death of the pregnant woman; or  (ii) For which the delay necessary to determine post-fertilization age will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions.    (B) “Medical emergency” does not include a condition based on a claim or diagnosis that a pregnant woman will engage in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function;    (5) “Physician” means any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state;  (6) “Post-fertilization age” means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the fertilization of the human ovum;  (7) “Probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child” means what, in reasonable medical judgment, will, with reasonable probability, be the post-fertilization age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed or induced;  (8) “Reasonable medical judgment” means a medical judgment that would be made by a reasonably prudent physician knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved;  (9) “Unborn child” means an individual organism of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth; and  (10) “Woman” means a female human being whether or not she has reached the age of majority.
AR Code § 20-16-1404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 14 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act|§ 20-16-1404. Determination of post-fertilization age

 (a)  (1) Except in the case of a medical emergency, an abortion shall not be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless the physician performing or inducing the abortion has first made a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child or relied upon such a determination made by another physician.  (2) In making such a determination under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the physician shall make such inquiries of the woman and perform or cause to be performed such medical examinations and tests as a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the medical conditions involved, would consider necessary to accurately diagnose the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child.    (b) Any physician who purposely, knowingly, or recklessly fails to conform to any requirement of this section engages in unprofessional conduct under § 17-95-409(a)(2)(D).
AR Code § 20-16-1405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 14 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act|§ 20-16-1405. Abortion of unborn child of 20 or more weeks post-fertilization age prohibited

 (a)  (1) A person shall not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion upon a woman when it has been determined by the physician performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician upon whose determination that physician relies that the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child of the woman is twenty (20) or more weeks.  (2)  (A) However, subdivision (a)(1) of this section does not apply if, in reasonable medical judgment, the pregnant woman has a condition which so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman, not including psychological or emotional conditions.  (B) A condition creating an exemption under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section shall not be deemed to exist if the condition is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.    (3) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section does not apply if the pregnancy results from rape under § 5-14-103 or incest under § 5-26-202.    (b)  (1) When an abortion upon a woman whose unborn child has been determined under subdivision (a)(1) of this section to have a probable post-fertilization age of twenty (20) or more weeks is not prohibited by this section, the physician shall terminate the pregnancy in the manner which, in reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive.  (2)  (A) However, subdivision (b)(1) of this section does not apply if, in reasonable medical judgment, termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk either of the death of the pregnant woman or of the substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the woman, not including psychological or emotional conditions, than would other available methods.  (B) A risk creating an exemption under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall not be deemed to exist if it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
AR Code § 20-16-1407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 14 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act|§ 20-16-1407. Criminal penalties

 (a) A person who purposely, knowingly, or recklessly performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion in violation of this subchapter is guilty of a Class D felony.  (b) A penalty may not be assessed against the woman upon whom the abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced.
AR Code § 20-16-1408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 14 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act|§ 20-16-1408. Civil remedies

 (a)  (1) A woman upon whom an abortion has been performed in violation of this subchapter or the father of the unborn child who was the subject of an abortion in violation of this subchapter may bring an action against the person who purposely, knowingly, or recklessly performed or induced the abortion in violation of this subchapter for actual and punitive damages.  (2) A woman upon whom an abortion has been attempted in violation of this subchapter may bring an action against the person who attempted purposely, knowingly, or recklessly to perform or induce the abortion in violation of this subchapter for actual and punitive damages.    (b)  (1) A cause of action for injunctive relief against a person who has purposely, knowingly, or recklessly violated this subchapter may be maintained by:  (A) The woman upon whom an abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of this subchapter;  (B) A person who is the spouse, parent, sibling, or guardian of or a current or former licensed healthcare provider of the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of this subchapter;  (C) A prosecuting attorney with appropriate jurisdiction; or  (D) The Attorney General.    (2) The injunction shall prevent the abortion provider from performing or inducing and from attempting to perform or induce further abortions in violation of this subchapter.    (c) If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in this section, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.  (d) If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.  (e) Damages or attorney's fee shall not be assessed against the woman upon whom an abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced except under subsection (d) of this section.