HIGHLIGHTS as of November 1, 2009
In October, an Oklahoma state judge blocked two abortion-related laws from going into effect. The first would have expanded the state’s abortion reporting requirements by adding a number of irrelevant questions for the provider to answer and by requiring the provider to ask the woman a series of intrusive questions about her reasons for obtaining the procedure. The second was a provision that would have prohibited abortions for the purposes of gender selection. Neither law can be enforced until the court case is resolved.
Read about sexual and reproductive health and rights in the states (updated each month).
Read about the current status of state policies (updated each month).
See a chart of laws enacted in 2009 (updated each month).
Read a review of 2009 state policy developments over the first half of the year.
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