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Oklahoma Judge Overturns Abortion Law

HeadlineAug 20, 2009

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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