Friday, August 21, 2009

A 'Sweeping Anti-Abortion Law' That Doesn't Ban Abortions?

A 'Sweeping Anti-Abortion Law' That Doesn't Ban Abortions?: "On Tuesday, an Oklahoma state judge struck down 'one of the most sweeping anti-abortion laws in the country' and in response yesterday, Republican state legislators vowed to 'pass the law again in a different form,' Times reporter James C. McKinley Jr. noted in the August 20 paper.

'It almost reaches the stage of seeming cruel to me,' McKinley quoted Planned Parenthood official Anita Fream regarding one of the law’s provisions.

But for an 'anti-abortion law,' the statute in question doesn’t actually ban any abortion procedure. It does, however, issue new regulations on abortion providers meant to increase the chances that more women seeking abortions may change their minds at the last minute:"

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