Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocks abortion restrictions

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Axios

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked three abortion restrictions set to take effect on Nov. 1.

Why it matters: The laws would place new limits on medication-induced abortions and require doctors who perform abortions to attain board certification in obstetrics and gynecology.

Details: Abortion advocates asked the court to put the three restrictions on hold after a district judge temporarily blocked two of the five laws, including a ban of abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Now all five laws, which were enacted in the last legislative session, will remain blocked as the case proceeds.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/abortion-restrictions-oklahoma-supreme-court-79170daf-3ce1-49a7-8ee3-39b37eb3e68c.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Great news!

This is what should have happened in Texas.

These restrictions are nothing more than outrageous attempts to control women. They are not about the so-called "sanctity of life."

[RayStar]

2. Thanks

Thanks for the sanity.

[Skittles]

3. Oklahoma is more sane than Texas

who woulda thunk it

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Right?!

Of course, my husband and I were allowed to marry here eight months before the Supreme Court allowed it. Every now and again, something positive crops up....then, our governor...Shitt...does something to remind us, this is still Oklahoma!

[riversedge]

5. Worth noting: Clinics in Oklahoma have reported a massive influx of patients traveling from Texas, a

...........Worth noting: Clinics in Oklahoma have reported a massive influx of patients traveling from Texas, according to the lawsuit. One Oklahoma clinic has reported that two-thirds of the phone calls they receive are now from Texas patients.