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PrintE-mailOkla Supreme Court affirms abortion ruling

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Published: 03/04/10 - 12:36pm Written by Dick Pryor

legalOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that a bill imposing several restrictions on abortion is unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling late Tuesday that the measure violated a constitutional requirement that bills deal only with one subject. The bill would have required women receiving an abortion to have an ultrasound and listen to her doctor describe the image and regulated the use of RU-486, among other things.

In its unanimous decision, the state's highest court wrote they are "growing weary of admonishing the Legislature for so flagrantly violating the terms of the Oklahoma Constitution." State lawmakers already have crafted several separate bills this session that include the provisions that were struck down.