The Oklahoma Legislature voted Tuesday to override the governor’s vetoes of two abortion measures, one of which requires women to undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before getting an abortion.What made me almost spit my coffee all over my computer is this blatant contradiction.
Though other states have passed similar measures requiring women to have ultrasounds, Oklahoma’s law goes further, mandating that a doctor or technician set up the monitor so the woman can see it and describe the heart, limbs and organs of the fetus. No exceptions are made for rape and incest victims.
Opponents argue that the law will protect doctors who purposely mislead a woman to keep her from choosing an abortion. But the bill’s sponsors maintain that it merely prevents lawsuits by people who wish, in hindsight, that the doctor had counseled them to abort a disabled child.Sounds like they came with a decent reason for this, right? Nope.
“This is a good day for the cause of life,” said State Senator Glenn Coffee, the Republican majority leader.So, list of states to never visit:
1) Arizona
2) Oklahoma
Not that I wanted to visit either of these places to begin with.
Strict Abortion Measures Enacted in Oklahoma
A second measure passed into law on Tuesday prevents women who have had a disabled baby from suing a doctor for withholding information about birth defects while the child was in the womb.
ReplyDeletethats right. women can't sue their doctors for BLATANTLY LYING TO THEM.
WTF seriously?? As if it wasn't bad enough already...
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