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Oklahoma County District Judge upholds abortion bill banning fetal dismemberment
Oklahoma County District Judge upholds abortion bill banning fetal dismemberment.{/p}
Oklahoma County District Judge Cindy Truong upheld a 2015 state law that bans dismemberment abortions.
House Bill 1721 bans the practice of dismembering unborn children while they are alive in the womb. These abortions are usually performed during the second trimester of pregnancy.
The legislation received support from both chambers of the legislature.
Attorney General Mike Hunter stated in a press release:
Dismemberment abortions are barbaric, brutal and subject unborn children to more cruelty that we allow for death row inmates.It is unconscionable to think that we would allow this practice to continue. Judge Truong is to be commended for declaring this legislation constitutional. Today is a major victory for basic human decency in Oklahoma.
The Center for Reproductive Rights has responded the the decision, stating the Oklahoma District Court became the first court in the country to uphold a ban on the "standard method of ending a pregnancy after 14 weeks."
Litigation Director at the Center for Reproductive Rights Julie Rikelman stated the following in a press release from the Center of Reproductive Rights:
We cannot overstate the harm this decision will have on women in Oklahoma. Politicians should never take medical options off the table for pregnant patients. This law bans care that women need and doctors recommend and is part of a national strategy by anti-abortion politicians to push abortion care out of reach by passing hundreds of laws that limit access. We will keep fighting this unconstitutional ban to make sure Oklahomans have access to the best medical treatment.
According to the Center of Reproductive Rights, every other court that has reviewed similar bans has blocked them from taking effect, taking effect, including in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky and Texas.
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