The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
March 29, 2012

Oklahoma Judge Rejects Ultrasound Law; House Panel Approves 2 Anti-Abortion Bills 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



An Oklahoma judge has struck down a state law requiring women seeking
abortions to undergo an ultrasound, view the ultrasound image and then
have the image described to them in detail. District Judge Brian Dixon
said the law is unconstitutional because it applies only to abortion
care, not to other forms of medicine. Also in Oklahoma, a state House
panel has approved two abortion bills, including one that critics say
could potentially threaten many forms of birth control by making a
fertilized egg a legal human being. The second bill would require
abortion providers to offer women a chance to listen to the fetal
heartbeat before an abortion. Both measures now head to the full House
for a vote.



.