Tulsa Abortion Clinic Fighting New Law

A new state law, now blocked by court order, came within days of ending many of the services provided by Tulsa’s main abortion clinic, a clinic attorney said Friday. The state law, which was to have gone into effect Nov. 1, prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes to her what the fetus looks like. On Oct. 29, Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson granted a temporary restraining order blocking the law.
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma County district judge last week put the new law, which was to take effect Nov. 1, on hold. The action came at the request of the plaintiffs and defendants. Nova Health Systems, the parent group of Reproductive Services in Tulsa, filed suit in October in Oklahoma County District Court, challenging Senate Bill 1878. Nova alleges that a woman's right to privacy is violated because it requires her to listen to unwelcome speech by the government while in a private setting, among other things.

Posted by Editor at November 8, 2008 06:53 AM