The Oklahoma abortion bill
Occasionally, you hear of a law that you do not just disagree with, but which can only be described as evil. The state of Oklahoma has just passed such a law.
Not satisfied with the restrictions of Roe v Wade; not happy with a twenty-four hour waiting period; not content with having only three licensed abortion clinics in the state, the Oklahoma legislature has passed a law that aims to make abortion as traumatic as possible.
- A woman who wants an abortion must have an ultrasound.
- The ultrasound must be conducted vaginally.
- The visual from the ultrasound must be placed where the woman can see it.The doctor must describe in detail what is on the screen – organs, limbs, etc.
- A doctor who refuses to do this can be sued by the family.
- There are no exemptions for rape or incest
The text of the bill, House Bill 2780 can be found as an RTF on the Oklahoma State Legislature’s website. The Governor of Oklahoma, Brad Henry, vetoed the bill but the veto was overturned by the legislature.
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April 30th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Good blog Dave.
This nasty chunk of legislation passed me by. There are other States that have been making what I would call evil laws too.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/14/headlines#13
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/10/headlines#8
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/3/pregnant_women_utah
The last one gives a good explanation of the tactics.
The world is becoming truly frightening, lots of unhappy, miserable people looking to find someone, anyone to hurt, to blame, to paint as monsters. Maybe it has always been like that and I didn’t notice, or maybe there were balancing voices that we seemed to have lost. There is so much anger, so many people shoving their own religions and/or beliefs, controlling form of hate down the throats of others. We are told that Osama et al represent a threat to our freedom. I’m beginning to ask myself who isn’t?
April 30th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
That makes me so unbelievably angry.
May 4th, 2010 at 8:07 am
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May 25th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
I am always against abortion because it is a sin to kill an innocent child.”‘~