EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (EC) FOR SEXUAL-ASSAULT SURVIVORS
Arkansas law requires that sexual-assault survivors receive information about emergency contraception (EC) in hospital emergency rooms. The law requires Arkansas hospitals to amend existing protocols to include informing sexual-assault survivors about the proper use and availability of EC as a means of preventing pregnancy.
This law includes a refusal clause that allows any health-care professional to refuse to provide information about EC on the basis of religious or moral objections.
Ark. Code Ann. §§ 20-13-1401 to -1403 (Enacted 2007).