Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma v. Jegley

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Prosecuting Attorneys for Pulaski County and Washington County, Arkansas (“the State”) appeal the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of an Arkansas statute requiring medication-abortion providers to contract with a physician who has hospital admitting privileges. Because the district court failed to make factual findings estimating the number of women burdened by the statute, we vacate the preliminary injunction and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2015, Arkansas enacted the Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act…