Arkansas Asks Supreme Court to Review Appeals Court Ruling Against Law Banning Down Syndrome Abortions

Arkansas Asks Supreme Court to Review Appeals Court Ruling Against Law Banning Down Syndrome Abortions
The Supreme Court in Washington, on Nov. 4, 2020. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Matthew Vadum
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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down a state law blocking abortionists from terminating a pregnancy solely because the unborn child has Down syndrome.

Rutledge, a Republican, is challenging the appeals court’s finding that the U.S. Constitution guarantees a right to selectively abort unborn children with Down syndrome.