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I wonder if anyone’s considered this angle yet

A new law in Oklahoma requires women who seek an abortion — including when the pregnancy results from incest or rape — to (i) have an ultrasound performed; and (ii) have the fetus described to them (source).  (Apparently, a few Oklahoma lawmakers have been watching too much television, where everyone goes all gooey as soon as the woosh-woosh-woosh noise starts and that unrecognizable, grainy image pops up on the tiny monitor.  <cueViolins>”It’s a GIRL!”</cueViolins>)

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“Don’t force your morality off on me!  Or else I’ll squirt this gel all over you!”

Not particularly shocking news, coming from the buckle of the Bible Belt.  I wonder, however, if anyone has considered the First Amendment implications.  Can the state require an ultrasound tech to describe the fetus?  Not if some pro-choice tech doesn’t want to.


This article was originally published on The Legal Satyricon

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