Supreme Court declines to hear Oklahoma abortion ultrasound case

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] denied certiorari [order list, PDF] on Tuesday in Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems [SCOTUSblog backgrounder], letting stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling striking down [opinion] a law requiring women to be shown ultrasounds of the fetus before undergoing an abortion. Oklahoma officials appealed the case arguing that informational requirements support "the State's legitimate interest of reducing the risk that a woman may elect an abortion, only to discover later, with devastating psychological consequences,...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/11/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-oklahoma-abortion-ultrasound-case.php

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