Judge stops enforcement of abortion-reporting law
October 21, 2009
Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma County judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a controversial abortion-reporting law.
A temporary restraining order was issued Monday in a challenge to House Bill 1595, which was set to take effect Nov. 1.
The measure would require women seeking abortions to disclose information that would be put on a state-run Web site. The measure did not require that names and other identifying information be put on the Web site.
The information to be disclosed included previous pregnancies and live births; previous marriages; previous induced abortions; how the abortion was paid for; the reason for the abortion; and information about the mother’s relationship with the baby’s father, among other things.
Two Oklahoma women filed suit against the legislation Sept. 29, alleging that it violates a state constitutional requirement that bills cover a single subject
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