Oklahoma Abortion Law Overturned

[babsbunny]

http://www.truthout.org/081909K

Wednesday 19 August 2009

by: | Visit article original @ The Associated Press

Oklahoma City - An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus.

Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson said the law violated constitutional requirements that a legislative measure deal only with one subject. She did not rule on the validity of the ultrasound provisions.

Her ruling also overturned provisions in the law that allowed doctors and other healthcare providers to refuse to take part in an abortion for moral or religious reasons, required certain signs to be placed in clinics where abortions are performed, and prohibited wrongful-life lawsuits arguing that a disabled child would have been better off aborted.

[LisaM]

1. Hooray for Vicki Robinson

let's hope that Oklahomans come to their senses and just let this be.

[rurallib]

2. I have no doubt the death threats are in the hundreds already.

[glinda]

4. She needs body guards for sure. Sad reality isn't it? And yet no arrests hardly for

threats on so many people.

[LisaM]

10. Robertson, sorry

too late to fix it.

[ezgoingrl]

3. Awesome Vicki Robertson!

It must be backwards day here in Oklahoma!

[noiretextatique]

5. thanks, judge robertson

:applause: a very sensible and courageous ruling that is sure to anger the wingnuts.

[truebrit71]

6. Excellent!!! Keep your stupid laws OUT of the Doctor's office...

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[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Excellent!

[katandmoon]

8. K&R for Judge Robertson

[apacherose]

9. nice work

I'm convinced that all of these abortion obstructionists are sexually repressed and obsessed