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April 10, 2012

Reuters: Oklahoma, weighing 'personhood' law, may be next US abortion flashpoint

by Terry Baynes
Reuters

REUTERS - A proposed law in Oklahoma that would grant embryos full rights as people from the moment of conception may represent the next big challenge to the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.

Oklahoma's Personhood Act passed the state Senate in February and is expected to be approved by the Republican-controlled House within weeks. The state's Republican governor, Mary Fallin, is an abortion opponent and is expected to sign the bill if it passes.

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