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From The Tulsa World:
Abortion providers would make fetal heartbeat audible under Senate measure in Oklahoma
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Published: 2/28/2012 2:24 AM
Last Modified: 2/28/2012 8:01 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Senate panel on Monday passed a measure that would require abortion providers to make a fetus' heartbeat audible for a woman to hear before she consents to an abortion.
Senate Bill 1274 by Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa, passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee by a 5-1 vote and heads to the Senate floor.
The measure would require that in cases in which a fetus is eight weeks beyond fertilization, the abortion provider, using a Doppler fetal heart-rate monitor, "make the embryonic or fetal heartbeat of the unborn child audible for the pregnant woman to hear."
The measure states that it would not prevent the woman from not listening, and it makes exceptions in cases of abortions done to avert the woman's death or medical emergencies.
Providers who fail to comply would be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to legal action, according to the measure.
Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Oklahoma City, cast the lone no vote.
The committee tabled an amendment by Johnson that would have required the audio to be made available to the men who impregnated the women, as well. Johnson said the amendment would have improved the bill.
She said the state is involving itself in the private affairs of women.
Newberry said the state wants a woman to be "fully informed" before she makes the decision to abort her pregnancy.
"We are not telling a woman she can't have an abortion," he said, adding that the measure gives a voice to a person who is voiceless.
Johnson said a woman has given enough consideration to the issue before deciding to end her pregnancy.
Newberry replied: "The only voice a child has is its heartbeat. The only chance it has to scream, 'I am alive!' is its heartbeat."
Original Print Headline: Senate panel advances fetal heartbeat measure
Barbara Hoberock 405-528-2465
barbara.hoberock@tulsaworld.com
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Copyright 2012 World Publishing Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20120228_16_A11_OKLAHO657949
Abortion providers would make fetal heartbeat audible under Senate measure in Oklahoma
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Published: 2/28/2012 2:24 AM
Last Modified: 2/28/2012 8:01 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Senate panel on Monday passed a measure that would require abortion providers to make a fetus' heartbeat audible for a woman to hear before she consents to an abortion.
Senate Bill 1274 by Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa, passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee by a 5-1 vote and heads to the Senate floor.
The measure would require that in cases in which a fetus is eight weeks beyond fertilization, the abortion provider, using a Doppler fetal heart-rate monitor, "make the embryonic or fetal heartbeat of the unborn child audible for the pregnant woman to hear."
The measure states that it would not prevent the woman from not listening, and it makes exceptions in cases of abortions done to avert the woman's death or medical emergencies.
Providers who fail to comply would be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to legal action, according to the measure.
Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Oklahoma City, cast the lone no vote.
The committee tabled an amendment by Johnson that would have required the audio to be made available to the men who impregnated the women, as well. Johnson said the amendment would have improved the bill.
She said the state is involving itself in the private affairs of women.
Newberry said the state wants a woman to be "fully informed" before she makes the decision to abort her pregnancy.
"We are not telling a woman she can't have an abortion," he said, adding that the measure gives a voice to a person who is voiceless.
Johnson said a woman has given enough consideration to the issue before deciding to end her pregnancy.
Newberry replied: "The only voice a child has is its heartbeat. The only chance it has to scream, 'I am alive!' is its heartbeat."
Original Print Headline: Senate panel advances fetal heartbeat measure
Barbara Hoberock 405-528-2465
barbara.hoberock@tulsaworld.com
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Copyright 2012 World Publishing Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20120228_16_A11_OKLAHO657949
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