House approves new abortion pill restrictions

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas House has approved legislation placing new limits on the administration of an abortion pill.

The House voted 61-7 Thursday for a bill to override doctors and require all providers of abortion pills to follow all guidelines set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The bill would require women to take a higher dose of the medication than is what typically prescribed and restrict the time period for administering it from up to nine weeks to up to seven weeks.

The measure now heads to the state Senate.

The proposal is the latest restriction on abortions advancing through the Legislature. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson last week signed into law legislation barring the use of video conferencing to administer the abortion pill.

Read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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