When a medical emergency compels the performance of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman before the abortion, if possible, of the medical indications supporting the physician's judgment that an immediate abortion is necessary to avert her death or that a seventy-two-hour delay will cause substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health
Subchapter 17 - Woman's Right-to-Know Act
§ 20-16-1703. Informed consent requirement
§ 20-16-1704. Publication of materials
§ 20-16-1705. Prevention of forced abortion — Signage in abortion facilities
§ 20-16-1706. Medical emergencies
§ 20-16-1707. Rules — Collection and reporting of information