Okla. Overrides Veto to Enact Tough Abortion Law

(April 28) -- Oklahoma has two new abortion laws today, one said to be among the toughest in the nation because it requires a woman to have an ultrasound -- with the monitor in her view -- and to hear a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion. The other law forbids women who have disabled babies from suing a doctor for withholding information about birth defects discovered while the fetus was in the womb.

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