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An Oklahoma judge has temporarily blocked two of the state’s abortion laws from taking effect on November 1. The Associated Press<\/a> reports that District Judge Cindy Truong struck down House Bill 2441<\/a>, a law which prohibits abortion after a preborn child’s heartbeat is detected, and House Bill 1102<\/a>, which states that medical professionals will have their license revoked if they commit an abortion that is not necessary to save the life of the mother. The ruling came as a result of a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0filed by abortion advocates last month.<\/p>\n

While Truong blocked those two laws, she allowed three others to remain, including two that place restrictions on chemical abortions (the abortion pill) and one that requires all abortionists to be board-certified OB-GYNs \u2014 a provision that abortion advocates claim is “catastrophic.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe OB-GYN requirement will immediately disqualify more than half of the doctors providing abortions in the state,\u201d said Rabia Muqaddam, a staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights. \u201cEvery day that law remains in effect, we\u2019re talking about really catastrophic fallout.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Abortion advocates want to force all doctors to become abortionists<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The fact that Muqaddam says that requiring OB\/GYNs to commit abortions will “disqualify more than half the doctors providing abortions in the state” is a troubling revelation that leaves one asking \u2014 if it isn’t OB\/GYNs who are committing abortions in Oklahoma, then who is<\/em>? As Live Action News has previously reported<\/a>, the majority of OB\/GYNs choose not to commit abortions, so it makes sense for the abortion industry to oppose a law directly impacting its bottom line.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that all the abortion restrictions were put in place to protect women (chemical abortion is four times more dangerous<\/a> than surgical abortion), critics are also claiming that the new laws will make it impossible to care for women. \u201cOklahoma clinics were already inundated with patients from both Texas and Oklahoma, and if these laws take effect, many Oklahoma abortion providers won\u2019t be able to provide care,\u201d\u00a0said Dr. Alan Braid, the owner of Tulsa Women\u2019s Reproductive Clinic. \u201cWhere will all these patients go? Politicians are trying to trap them, and they are succeeding. But we will not stop fighting these restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Braid claims that the pro-life politicians are trying to “trap” women, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, these pro-life laws are trying to protect women from the dangers of abortion<\/a>\u00a0and the regret<\/a> that often occurs afterward. These laws all have another life they’re trying to save as well \u2014 that of the fully human preborn child.<\/p>\n

Muqaddam says that the Center for Reproductive Rights plans to appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Oklahoma judge has temporarily blocked two of the state’s abortion laws from taking effect on November 1. The Associated Press reports that District Judge Cindy Truong struck down House Bill 2441, a law which prohibits abortion after a preborn child’s heartbeat is detected, and House Bill 1102, which states that medical professionals will have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":254870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9953,3473],"tags":[1908,6885,13334,12595,12596,13333,12384,1016,82,12593],"yoast_head":"\nOklahoma judge strikes down two state abortion laws, allows three others<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While Truong blocked two laws, she let three others to remain, including two restricting chemical abortions and one requiring abortionists to be OBGYNs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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