http://mydd.com/2010/4/27/a-war-on-women-in-oklahonmA War on Women in Oklahoma
by Charles Lemos, Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 09:32:11 PM EDT
The Republican-controlled legislature in Oklahoma today overrode the veto of Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, to pass one of the nation's most restrictive anti-abortion laws.
There are two measures. The first requires that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion. This is tantamount to psychological torture. The second measure now law in the Sooner State protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of this measure is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to try to influence them against having an abortion.From the New York Times:
Gov. Brad Henry, a Democrat, vetoed both bills last week. The ultrasound law, he said, was flawed because it did not exempt rape and incest victims and was an unconstitutional intrusion into a woman’s privacy. He painted the other measure as immoral.
“It is unconscionable to grant a physician legal protection to mislead or misinform pregnant women in an effort to impose his or her personal beliefs on a patient,” Mr. Henry said.
The Republican majorities in both houses, however, saw things differently. On Monday, the House voted overwhelmingly to override the vetoes, and the Senate followed suit at 10:42 a.m. Tuesday, making the two measures law.
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These days anything touched by Republican hands is, by definition, extreme. This is a party that has declared war on women, on immigrants, on the elderly, on the sick and infirm, on those with pre-existing conditions, on the poor, on you and on me. These laws are, as Governor Henry noted, unconscionable.
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