High Court Considering OK Abortion Law
Supreme Court weighs Oklahoma abortion law case
BY BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Friday, June 28, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it may hear Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s appeal of a recent decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to toss out a law regulating medical abortions.
But before it proceeds further, the nation’s high court asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to answer two questions.
Medical abortions involve the use of drugs to terminate pregnancy, as opposed to a surgical abortion.
“This is an extraordinary decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review the actions of Oklahoma’s Supreme Court, which has consistently misapplied federal law to strike down Oklahoma abortion laws,” Pruitt said. “This law does not ban the use of abortion-inducing drugs, but seeks to protect women from harmful off-label uses. The Court grants less than 1 percent of such review requests and we look forward to the opportunity to defend Oklahoma’s right to protect its citizens.”