Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-61-102 — Unlawful abortion
Arkansas § 5-61-102
JurisdictionArkansas
Title5
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Bluebook
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-61-102 (2026).
Text
(a)It is unlawful for any person to administer or prescribe any medicine or drug to any woman with child with the intent to produce an abortion or premature delivery of any fetus before or after the period of quickening or to produce or attempt to produce the abortion by any other means.
(b)Any person violating a provision of this section is guilty of a Class D felony.
(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the charging or conviction of a woman with any criminal offense in the death of her own unborn child in utero.
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Related
Bynum v. State
546 S.W.3d 533 (Court of Appeals of Arkansas, 2018)
Legislative History
Acts 1969, No. 61, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2553; Acts 1999, No. 1273, § 5; 2005, No. 1994, § 428.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Title§ 5-1-102
Definitions§ 5-1-103
Applicability to offenses generally§ 5-1-104
Territorial applicability§ 5-1-106
Felonies§ 5-1-107
Misdemeanors§ 5-1-108
Violations§ 5-1-109
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Arkansas § 5-61-102, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ar/5-61-102.