[PAA-Discuss] Oklahoma Legislature Poised To Enact Abortion Restrictions By Overriding Governor's Vetoes

[Anne del Prado]

......calls it among the strictest anti-abortion measures in the nation?????.

This is not an anti abortion measure. This is criminal malpractice, bordering on torture, mental, emotional and in some cases physical. Those people belong in straitjackets. Did anyone check their IQ lately as well as their criminal history? Checked whether their spouses have badly healed fractures and bruises?

Anne 
 


From: slindahl at rounder-graphics.com
To: discuss at paa-tx.org
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:07:24 -0500
Subject: [PAA-Discuss] Oklahoma Legislature Poised To Enact Abortion Restrictions By Overriding Governor's Vetoes


Unbelievable - especially the info highlighted in red. The house in Oklahoma is poised to override their governor's veto and put into law a bill that expressly allows doctors to withhold information from pregnant mothers. It also allows doctors to provide inaccurate information to pregnant mothers. In both cases, the pregnant women cannot sue for damages under either circumstance.

OMG  ????

Oklahoma Legislature Poised To Enact Abortion Restrictions By Overriding Governor's Vetoes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/26/oklahoma-legislature-pois_n_552926.html

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma House voted overwhelmingly Monday to override vetoes of two restrictive abortion measures Gov. Brad Henry has called unconstitutional intrusions into citizens' private lives and decisions.

The Senate was expected to follow suit Tuesday, after which the bills would become law.

One of the measures requires women to undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before getting an abortion. The other prohibits pregnant women from seeking damages if physicians withhold information or provide inaccurate information about their pregnancy.

Supporters said the second measure was aimed at preventing women from discriminating against fetuses with disabilities. The votes were 81-14 and 84-12.

Henry, who vetoed the measures Friday, has called the ultrasound legislation flawed because it does not allow exemptions for victims of rape and incest. The Center for Reproductive Rights, a national abortion rights group, calls it among the strictest anti-abortion measures in the nation.

Keri Parks, director of external affairs for Planned Parenthood of Oklahoma City, urged the Senate to uphold the governor's vetoes.

"Doctors, not politicians, should be making these medical decisions," Parks said.

Each of the vetoed bills passed the 48-member Senate 35-11, one vote shy of the three-quarters majority needed to override. Anti-abortion legislation supporter Sen. Mike Mazzei, R-Tulsa, was absent when both bills received final passage.

Tony Lauinger, state chairman of the anti-abortion group Oklahomans for Life and vice president of the National Right to Life Committee, said Mazzei is expected to be in the Senate chamber Tuesday.
 		 	   		  
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