This is just totally unbelievable:
The Oklahoma Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion.Though other states have passed similar measures forcing women to have ultrasounds, Oklahoma’s law goes further, requiring a doctor or technician to set up the monitor where the woman can see it and describe the heart, limbs and organs of the fetus. No exceptions are made for rape and incest victims.
The second measure passed into law Tuesday protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of the bill is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to try to influence them against having an abortion.
In effect, the government of the state of Oklahoma has made it perfectly legal for doctors-who will not have to live with the results-to have a carte blanche to lie to their patients.
Sorry-this goes beyond the pale of any reasonable interpretation-none whatsoever.
The first one will never stand up to a court challenge. The second bill is just downright wreckless.
Unbelievable is the word. There are a lot of bloody idiots in the world. Unfortunately a lot of them are in the business of running states or countries.