During a conversation withMeet the Press' Chuck Todd that aired Sunday, Gov.Asa Hutchinsonspoke on 2019’sAct 180, which was triggered as a result of theU.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturnRoe v. WadeFriday.
As a result of the state law, which Hutchinson, 71, previously signed, abortion providers could now be fined up to $100,000 and/or face 10 years in prison. There are no exceptions for rape or incest, even in the case of a minor, with the only exception being if the life of the parent giving birth is in danger.
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“I would prefer a different outcome than that, but that’s not the debate today in Arkansas,” Hutchinson replied. “It might be in the future, but for now, the law triggered with only one exception … as you [Todd] said, in the case of the life of the mother,” he said.
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Since the decision, states such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and South Dakota have alreadybanned abortionafterputting “trigger bans” in placethat governors enacted after the Supreme Court ruling.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty
“This is about abortion, and that’s what has been triggered. It’snot about contraception, that is clear. Women should be assured of that,” he added.
Thomas, 74, wrote in a concurring opinionexcerpted on Twitterthat the Supreme Court should reconsiderGriswold v. Connecticut, Lawrence V. TexasandObergefell v. Hodge— the rulings that currently protect the right to buy and use contraceptives without government restriction, the right to a same-sex relationship and the right to same-sex marriage.
From Thomas' concurring opinion: " … in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell. Because any substantive due process decision is ‘demonstrably erroneous,’ … we have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents … "
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