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Committee approves amendment clarifying doctors acting in good faith won’t face prosecution when treating pregnant women
2493568 · March 4, 2025
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Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and advanced House Bill 1610 to clarify that doctors who act in good faith to preserve a pregnant patient’s life will not be prosecuted if an unborn child dies unintentionally while receiving medical treatment.
State Representative Robin Lundstrom, District 18, presented an amendment to House Bill 1610 to clarify that under Arkansas law doctors acting in good faith to preserve the life of a pregnant woman would not be subject to prosecution if an unborn child unintentionally dies during treatment.
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