Board: Three Arkansas clinics violated abortion wait-period law

LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Board of Health has determined that three clinics violated a state law barring them from charging a patient seeking an abortion for related services during the wait period before the procedure.

The board upheld the state Department of Health's findings in March following inspections of Little Rock Family Planning Services and the Planned Parenthood clinics in Little Rock and Fayetteville, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

The board found that the clinics violated a 2015 law that prohibits physicians, facilities, employees or volunteers from charging women for abortion-related services during the 48-hour "reflection period" before the procedure.

The board didn't impose fines but the finding enforces a restriction that clinics have said causes them to lose thousands of dollars.

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