![]() “The Oklahoma Supreme Court recognized one fundamental truth: patients must be permitted to access critical care to save their lives,” she said. The suit claims the Texas law is creating confusion among doctors, who are turning away some pregnant women experiencing health complications because they fear repercussions.Įmily Wales, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Great Plains called the ruling a small step toward restoring the right to abortion. ![]() In a lawsuit filed earlier this month over Texas' abortion ban, five women said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives. The ruling in Oklahoma is unlikely to mean abortion becomes widely available. Alan Braid, an abortion provider and plaintiff in the case said in a statement. Oklahomans shouldn’t have to travel across state lines just to reach an abortion clinic, and it is heartbreaking that many will not be able to do so,” said Dr. “This ruling leaves out too many Oklahomans. Since then, a patchwork of laws has meant some patients have had to travel to other states to get abortions when it was outlawed where they lived. Wade, which had guaranteed a nationwide right to abortion for nearly half a century. The court ruled in the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood, Tulsa Women's Reproductive Clinic and others challenging the state laws passed after the U.S. The court, however, declined to rule on whether the state Constitution grants the right to an abortion for other reasons. “Absolute certainty," by the physician that the mother's life could be endangered, "is not required, however, mere possibility or speculation is insufficient” to determine that an abortion is needed to preserve the woman’s life, according to the ruling. ![]() “The language ‘except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency’ is much different from ‘preserve her life,’” according to the ruling. In the 5-4 ruling, the court said the state law uses both the words “preserve” and “save” the mother’s life as an exception to the abortion ban. ![]()
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