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[quote=Anonymous]PP is incorrect about Arkansas law having no exception for a dead fetus. The text of Arkansas’s Act 180 of 2019 (a trigger law that went into effect last year upon Roe’s being overturned):

5-61-303.  Definitions.
      As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Abortion” means the act of using, prescribing, administering, procuring, or selling of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the purpose to terminate the pregnancy of a woman, with knowledge that the termination by any of those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child.
(B) [b]An act under subdivision (1)(A) of this section is not an abortion if the act is performed with the purpose to:
                        (i)  Save the life or preserve the health of the
unborn child;
                        (ii)  Remove a dead unborn child caused by
spontaneous abortion[/b]; or
(iii) Remove an ectopic pregnancy;
(2) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon
with a human ovum;
(3) “Medical emergency” means a condition in which an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of a 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; and
(4) “Unborn child” means an individual organism of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth.

Jessa only said her fetus “didn’t look good.” I don’t know if fetal death was confirmed before her D & C. It’s weird that she used ambiguous language about the baby’s condition, because I would expect her to be very clear on that particular point.

There’s no reason to investigate Jessa, as the law does not allow for women being charged with any crimes as a result of terminating a pregnancy:

(c) This section does not:
(1) Authorize the charging or conviction of a woman with any
criminal offense in the death of her own unborn child

The purpose of the law is to prohibit the performance of abortions. Abortion providers would be the ones in legal jeopardy if they violated this law.

Side note: This law makes no exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape or incest, including the pregnancies of minor children.

Full text of the law:

https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2019R%2FPublic%2F&file=180.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R[/quote]

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