Data Update Due to Missed Statute

authorized proxy, restrictions on a woman’s right to choose before viability, and tensions between following the law and meeting well-established obligations to patients.3 Clinicians in Arkansas have confronted and may continue to confront situations that require them to be aware of the state’s law in these regards. We want their decisions to be informed of the potential legal restrictions on what may be their otherwise wellconsidered and ethically justifiable determinations to follow a pregnant woman’s advance directive or to honor a surrogate’s decision to stop life-sustaining measures to meet with the patient’s own values and interests.