Supreme Court lets stand ruling throwing out 'abortion pill' limits

[riky]

Supreme Court lets stand ruling throwing out 'abortion pill' limits

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-supreme-court-dismisses-oklahoma-abortion-pill-case-144058082.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RwOJQOvGf7XhLVj6wWd.kA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-04T185034Z_2_CBRE9A316Z400_RTROPTP_2_USA-COURT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man holds an umbrella outside the U..S. Supreme Court in Washington" align="left" title="A man holds an umbrella outside the U..S. Supreme Court in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a state court decision invalidating an Oklahoma law that effectively banned the so-called abortion pill RU-486, with the justices deciding to sidestep a potentially contentious case. The high court had been waiting for the Oklahoma Supreme Court to clarify a December 2012 ruling that had voided the law before deciding on whether to rule on the case. The U.S. high court's latest action means the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling is final. The state court said the effect of the law would have been a ban on all abortions by medications, and as a result &quot;restricts the long-respected medical discretion of physicians&quot; who decide that method is safer for some patients than surgical abortion.</p><br clear="all"/>

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login