Arkansas Statutes
§ 20-16-1706 — Medical emergencies
Arkansas § 20-16-1706
JurisdictionArkansas
Title20
This text of Arkansas § 20-16-1706 (Medical emergencies) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Arkansas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-1706 (2026).
Text
When a medical emergency compels the performance of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman before the abortion, if possible, of the medical indications supporting the physician's judgment that an immediate abortion is necessary to avert her death or that a seventy-two-hour delay will cause substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.
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Legislative History
Amended by Act 2019, No. 801,§ 12, eff. 7/24/2019. Added by Act 2015, No. 1086,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015.
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Bluebook (online)
Arkansas § 20-16-1706, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ar/20-16-1706.