Oklahoma Outrageous: This Is Simple LUNACY!

[Segami]

CHICAGO: The governor of Oklahoma is considering tough new abortion bills that would allow doctors to withhold test results showing foetal defects and require women to answer intrusive questions.



The results of the questionnaires would be POSTED ONLINE.



Women would also be required to have a vaginal ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the embryo or foetus in a third bill passed by the legislature on Monday.


The requirements would be among the most ''extreme'' in the US and were similar to those struck down by a state court as unconstitutional earlier this year, the Centre for Reproductive Rights said on Tuesday.


''Despite the prospect and cost of additional legal challenges, the legislature is determined to severely limit women's ability to get an abortion in the state, approving laws with clear constitutional flaws and with absolute disregard for women's rights and health,'' the centre said in a statement urging a veto of the bills.

A spokesman for the Governor, Brad Henry, declined to comment on his intention for the bills.


Neighbouring Nebraska passed a law last week prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a measure intended to target the few remaining providers of late-term abortions in the US.


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[secondwind]

1. ahem.....where do women's RIGHTS fit into all of this??????? This definitely has GOT

to be unconstitutional.

[ejpoeta]

2. women's rights. what a joke. don't you know women don't HAVE rights.

we are just incubators.

[okieinpain]

9. not in oklahoma they don't, and a lot of them are a-ok with this.

we have a republican majority house and senate, so they are pushing all of the great republican social issues. including a law that requires the local police to NOT co-operate with the federal authorities in hate crime cases. poor gov is doing the best he can with trying to keep them in check. don't forget we're the home for tom coburn and mary fallin, who the latter is running to replace gov. henry. if she wins god only knows what stupid shit will come from the state of Oklahoma.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Women in Oklahoma don't have rights. They all graciously submit to their husbands' authority.

[BlueIris]

3. It's beyond ugly. nt

[Ganja Ninja]

4. What ever happened to not letting bureaucrats get between you and your doctor?

[Segami]

6. The majority of those flathead bureaucrats are clueless men

[foxfeet]

7. I fear I am losing my capacity for surprise at this kind of thing,

but not my capacity for disgust.

[surrealAmerican]

8. Why would any woman consent to tests ...

... knowing that the results could be withheld? And if the results are only withheld in case of defects, wouldn't you just assume being denied the results would mean there was a defect?


It makes no sense at all.