New Oklahoma law will publicy post details of women’s abortions online.
On Nov. 1, a law in Oklahoma will go into effect that will collect personal details about every single abortion performed in the state and post them on a public website. Implementing the measure will “cost $281,285 the first year and $256,285 each subsequent year.” Here are the first eight questions that women will have to reveal:
1. Date of abortion
2. County in which abortion performed
3. Age of mother
4. Marital status of mother
(married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never married)
5. Race of mother
6. Years of education of mother
(specify highest year completed)
7. State or foreign country of residence of mother
8. Total number of previous pregnancies of the mother
Live Births
Miscarriages
Induced Abortions
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/08/oklahoma-abortion-online/#comments.........
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 10:08 PDT
The details of your abortion online?
Feminists for Choice alerts us to a new Oklahoma law (yes, law, not "proposed legislation" or "some kind of sick joke") set to go into effect Nov. 1 that would collect detailed data about each abortion performed -- and post it all on a public Web site called ShameOnYouWhore.com.
"They're really just trying to frighten women out of having abortions"The required questionnaire
http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/52nd/2009/1R/HB/1595.pdf (see PDF of entire law), practically as long and elaborate as eHarmony's (and containing fishy questions such as "Was there an infant born alive as a result of the abortion?"), does not include the name, address or "any information specifically identifying the patient." But opponents argue that
the first eight questions alone would be enough to out any woman in a town of 200 or smaller.more:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/07/okla_abortion/
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