Good News for the State of Oklahoma!

I just received notification from the Elliot Institute of a current ruling that positively affects my home state. Just thought I would pass on the information. We need to celebrate the small victories and continue to pray for our leaders. Following is the entire notice from Elliot Institute:

Oklahoma Parental Notification Law Can Be Enforced During Lawsuit, Court Rules

A federal appeals court has ruled that an Oklahoma law requiring abortion businesses to notify the parents before performing an abortion on a minor girl can be enforced despite a legal challenge by an abortion business.

A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for an injunction to prevent the law from being enforced while the legal challenge moves ahead. Nova Health Systems, which owns Reproductive Services, a Tulsa abortion business, is challenging the law on the grounds that there are no deadlines for judges to approve judicial bypass requests, which are often used by abortion advocates to get around notification laws.

The law requires that parents be notified 48 hours before a teen has an abortion and also allows prosecutors to charge perpetrators who injure or kill an unborn child with two crimes, earmarks state "family planning" funds for crisis pregnancy centers, and requires abortion businesses to tell patients that unborn children can feel pain and allow them to see an ultrasound photo and have fetal anesthesia before the abortion on request.

Elliot Institute News, Vol 5, No 7

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