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March 29, 2012

AP: Okla. court strikes down ultrasound abortion law

by Tim Talley
The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday struck down the state's law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure.

District Judge Bryan Dixon ruled the statute passed by the Oklahoma Legislature in 2010 is an unconstitutional special law, and is can't be enforced because it addresses only patients, physicians and sonographers dealing with abortions without addressing other medical care.

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