http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/us/28abortion.html?hp
The Oklahoma Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion.
Though other states have passed similar measures forcing women to have ultrasounds, Oklahoma’s law goes further, requiring a doctor or technician to set up the monitor where the woman can see it and describe the heart, limbs and organs of the fetus. No exceptions are made for rape and incest victims.
The second measure passed into law Tuesday
protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of the bill is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to try to influence them against having an abortion.
WHATTTT! This is totally medically unethical! Physicians can't withhold this type of information from patients. What a tangled web we weave...
What if these defects could be repaired? What if the patient would need specialized care after birth? What if the parents would elect to keep the child but not spend thousands of dollars preparing a nursery that would never be used? How dare they take this type of decision out of the hands of the parents and dump it into the laps of physicians. Ohhh...but we can't be sued. Thanks.
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