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Entries Tagged as 'RU-486'

(access required)">Law restricting use of abortion-inducing drugs discriminates against women who undergo procedure, opponents’ attorneys argue (access required)

October 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Courts, Executive Branch, House, Senate

A law limiting the use of RU-486 and other abortion-inducing drugs discriminates against women and “freezes medicine in time” by depriving them of safe and effective treatment options, opponents say in a new brief filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

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(access required)">MORE UPDATES (comments from law’s author): Judge holds law restricting use of abortion-inducing drugs unconstitutional; state plans appeal (access required)

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Courts, House, Senate

HB 1970, a 2011 law restricting use of RU-486 and other abortion-inducing drugs, is an unconstitutional violation of the “fundamental rights of women to privacy and bodily integrity,” a judge has held.

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(access required)">Capitol week in review … (April 30-May 4) (access required)

May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate, Week in Review

We may have our first interim study subject lined up for this year—workers’ compensation reform. Sound familiar? House Speaker Kris Steele thinks it’s ripe for another go ‘round. Well, maybe not another massive redrafting of Title 85 (that’s where workers’ comp lives, in the law books). This one would center on whether Oklahoma should join [...]

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(access required)">Anti-abortion measures pass Senate; RU-486 restriction bill on way to Fallin’s desk (access required)

April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Senate

House bills authorizing civil actions if certain abortion requirements are not met and placing restrictions on the use of RU-486 passed the Senate Tuesday—the latter measure now on its way to the desk of Gov. Mary Fallin.

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