SCOTUS declines to review case involving the state’s law requiring ultrasounds for certain women.
The U.S. Supreme Court turned Oklahoma down again.? Last time, the nation’s highest court struck down its law restricting RU 486’s use. Now, the Supreme Court has refused to review a case involving ultrasound bill, HB2780. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the bill unconstitutional in December.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal leaves the lower court’s ruling?standing. The lower court struck down the law, which required women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound? before the procedure. That procedure would be done with a transvaginal wand–if it provided the clearest image. That’s in addition to listening to a description of the fetus. But, lady folk had the option to look away.
A brief asking the SCOTUS ?not to hear the case, Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems, stated:
It does not merely make information available to a woman who wishes to terminate her pregnancy; it compels women to undergo an invasive medical examination and listen to a state-scripted narrative even if they object.
It’s a win for women’s rights. Anti-choicers can claim transvaginal ultrasounds are no big deal.? They know nothing. I do. I’ve had more than one, thanks to six high risk pregnancies. They’re invasive and, sometimes, painful. If you didn’t give consent, I could see how the procedure might be very traumatic, especially for sexual assault survivors.
Health care decisions are best left to a woman and her doctor–not a woman and her legislator.
