Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a controversial abortion bill that would have required women seeking the procedure to report extensive personal information about themselves. The Statistical Abortion Reporting Act would have required women to provide extensive information that would be complied into a report which would appear on a state-run web site without identifying the women. Supporters say the information is necessary to determine why abortions are sought and how to prevent them. Information that a woman would have had to give include marital status, age, race, education, number of live births, number of miscarriages, number of induced abortions, type of abortion and reasons for the abortion.
Tony Lauinger, Oklahomans for Life chairman, disputed the governor's interpretation of the bill, saying, “No woman is being asked to publicly reveal any information. No identification of a patient is on the individual abortion form. And no forms are posted on a website. Further, patients may decline to state a reason to the abortion provider for the abortion.” Tulsa World
Breaking news 5/25/10: OK legislature overrides veto
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