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Okla. Court Says Abortion Laws Unconstitutional | Synopsis

Okla. Court Says Abortion Laws Unconstitutional

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Oklahoma laws requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them while they hear a description of the fetus and that ban off-label use of certain abortion-inducing drugs are unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The state's highest court determined that lower court judges were right to halt the laws. In separate decisions, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said the laws, which received wide bipartisan support in the Legislature, violated a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case. The Oklahoma court said it has a duty to "follow the mandate of the United State Supreme Court on matters of federal constitutional law." The Legislature passed the ultrasound law in 2010. Oklahoma is one of several states that have passed laws requiring doctors to both perform an ultrasound and provide a verbal description of the fetus before an abortion. The other law was approved in 2011.

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Pruitt

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-0.121772"We disagree with the court's decision, particularly with the fact that the question on whether Oklahoma's Constitution provides a right to an abortion was left unanswered," Pruitt said ...
0.109501"There is overwhelming evidence that the off-label use of abortion-inducing drugs leads to serious infections and death for many healthy, unsuspecting women. This is not OK," Pruitt said. ...
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0.0654333"The ultrasound law does not prohibit abortion. It regulates abortion," Lauinger said. ...
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-0.0741073"But despite their best efforts to chip away at women's fundamental rights, the courts have consistently rejected these extreme assaults on reproductive freedom," Northrup said ...
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0.100803Michelle Movahed, a staff attorney for the abortion-rights group, said the rulings represent a "sweeping and unequivocal" ...
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-0.0912948Donald Worthington, who ruled it violated "the fundamental rights of women to privacy and bodily integrity."
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StateOrCounty: Oklahoma

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Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: Oklahoma County

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Organization: U.S. Supreme Court

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Organization: Supreme Court

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Organization: Oklahoma Supreme Court

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Organization: Legislature

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FieldTerminology: state law

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