Okla. Lawmakers To Reconsider Abortion-Rights Laws Deemed Unconstitutional

Main Category: Abortion
Also Included In: Litigation / Medical Malpractice
Article Date: 08 Feb 2010 - 0:00 PDT

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Hundreds of antiabortion-rights protesters gathered at the Oklahoma Capitol on Wednesday as lawmakers began work on more than 2,500 bills in the state Legislature, including bills related to abortion rights that have been struck down by state courts, the AP/Stamford Advocate reports. The protesters were marking the annual Rose Day rally, during which they distribute roses to lawmakers' offices and ask them to support antiabortion-rights legislation.

The measures state lawmakers are expected to revive include bills that would affect regulation of a drug used in medical abortion and that would require women seeking abortion procedures to receive an ultrasound, listen to a physician's description of the fetus and fill out a lengthy questionnaire, among other measures. Oklahoma courts ruled that the laws violated a state constitutional requirement that bills deal with only one subject, the AP/Advocate reports. Oklahoma already has some of the most restrictive laws regarding abortion rights in the U.S., according to abortion-rights advocates (Murphy, AP/Stamford Advocate, 2/3).

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