Oklahoma clinic asks high court to halt abortion law

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma abortion clinic has asked the state Supreme Court to review a judge’s decision to uphold a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure.

The Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic requested an injunction to put the law on hold, telling the high court Monday that the law would be detrimental for women, The Oklahoman reported.

The 2015 law aims to restrict the use of instruments in dilation and evacuation abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy, except when needed to save the woman’s life or prevent a serious risk to her health. It was put on hold while the legal challenge was pending.

Oklahoma County District Judge Cindy Truong upheld the law in July.

Rabia Muqaddam, the attorney for the Tulsa clinic, said Truong’s decision was rogue. Muqaddam is also an attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based abortion rights group whose challenge to the law was rebuffed this summer.

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(Fort Smith Times Record)