Rachel Cohen is a freelance journalist based in D.C. focused on education, labor, and civil rights. Her writing has appeared in The Intercept, The American Prospect, and The Atlantic, among other outlets. She’s on Twitter at @rmc031.
Planned Parenthood says the law, which forces doctors providing medication abortion to contract with another doctor who has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, would force it to stop providing medication abortion at two Arkansas clinics.
A defeated amendment would have made unions in the state, including those representing teachers, have to recertify with their members every five years. Advocates suggested the proposal was retribution for a recent strike.
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