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Despite concerns from the Oklahoma medical community, a new version of an old bill regulating access to abortion was passed in the state Senate 34-14 on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 139, which is very similar to Senate Bill 714 proposed by state Sen. James Williamson, R-Tulsa, makes exceptions for cases of rape and incest but does not address exemptions for fatal abnormalities of the fetus and still prohibits doctors at state-funded hospitals from encouraging a woman to have an abortion.See the full content of this document
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State Abortion Measure Passes Okla. Senate 34-14
"These doctors would be legally prohibited from doing what they are morally obligated to do," Dr. Jack Beller, the head of the Oklahoma State Medical Association's council on state legisla...
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