Arkansas governor signs into law near-total abortion ban, challenging Supreme Court ruling

 

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed a law banning nearly all abortions in the state.

The Republican governor signed the law on Tuesday, banning all abortions in the state except those to save the life of the mother. The bill also outlaws abortions as a result of rape or incest.

Hutchinson said he signed the measure into law despite reservations about not having exceptions for rape or incest exceptions,  because of its "overwhelming legislative support and my sincere and long-held pro-life convictions," according to the Associated Press.