Legislative findings

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-2602 — under Reproductive Health.

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-2602

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) There is a growing interest among women to proactively assess their overall health and understand how factors such as age and medical history contribute to reproductive health and fertility;(2) (A) Women are worthy of the highest standard of medical care, including the opportunity to assess, understand, and improve their reproductive health.(B) Unfortunately, many women do not receive adequate information about their reproductive health and do not have access to restorative reproductive medicine;(3) Reproductive health conditions are the leading causes of infertility, which affects fifteen to sixteen percent (15-16%) of couples in the United States;(4) Research shows four (4) or more conditions or factors are the cause of most female infertility;(5) There is a gap in research and care for female reproductive health conditions, which affects many Americans struggling with unexplained infertility;(6) Restorative reproductive medicine aims to diagnose and treat underlying hormonal and other imbalances, restore health when possible, and improve women's health functioning and long-term outcomes;(7) Restorative reproductive medicine can eliminate barriers to successful conception, pregnancy, and birth as well as address some causes of recurrent miscarriages; and(8) Restorative reproductive medicine often alleviates some difficult symptoms associated with reproductive health conditions, including hormonal acne, hormonal weight gain, hormonal mood changes and depression, painful menstruation, painful flare-ups, bloating, inflammation, heavy menstruation, irregular menstruation, nerve pain, bowel symptoms, pain during sexual intercourse, and back pain.

(1) There is a growing interest among women to proactively assess their overall health and understand how factors such as age and medical history contribute to reproductive health and fertility;

(2) (A) Women are worthy of the highest standard of medical care, including the opportunity to assess, understand, and improve their reproductive health.(B) Unfortunately, many women do not receive adequate information about their reproductive health and do not have access to restorative reproductive medicine;

(A) Women are worthy of the highest standard of medical care, including the opportunity to assess, understand, and improve their reproductive health.

(B) Unfortunately, many women do not receive adequate information about their reproductive health and do not have access to restorative reproductive medicine;

(3) Reproductive health conditions are the leading causes of infertility, which affects fifteen to sixteen percent (15-16%) of couples in the United States;

(4) Research shows four (4) or more conditions or factors are the cause of most female infertility;

(5) There is a gap in research and care for female reproductive health conditions, which affects many Americans struggling with unexplained infertility;

(6) Restorative reproductive medicine aims to diagnose and treat underlying hormonal and other imbalances, restore health when possible, and improve women's health functioning and long-term outcomes;

(7) Restorative reproductive medicine can eliminate barriers to successful conception, pregnancy, and birth as well as address some causes of recurrent miscarriages; and

(8) Restorative reproductive medicine often alleviates some difficult symptoms associated with reproductive health conditions, including hormonal acne, hormonal weight gain, hormonal mood changes and depression, painful menstruation, painful flare-ups, bloating, inflammation, heavy menstruation, irregular menstruation, nerve pain, bowel symptoms, pain during sexual intercourse, and back pain.