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August 20, 2009

Oklahoma Judge Overturns Abortion Law
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Back in the United States, an Oklahoma judge has overturned a state law
requiring women seeking abortion to first receive an ultrasound and a
doctor’s description of the fetus. Opponents of the measure had called
it an invasion of a woman’s privacy. The rule was part of a sweeping
anti-abortion law approved by Oklahoma’s state legislature last year.
State Republicans are vowing to re-approve the restriction in another
vote.



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