Oklahoma to pass abortion bill that would make medical records public

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Jamie Scharbrough

In Oklahoma, things are heating up. On November 1, the state will put into effect a law that allows personal details about abortion patients to be published on an openly available website.

House Bill 1595 would require medical personnel to supply detailed information about abortions they perform to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The bill, which will cost more than $281,000 to implement, according to Rep. Wanda Jo Stapleton-D, of Oklahoma City, would provide all abortion patients to fill out a questionare, which includes the date of the abortion performed, the county, the marital status and race of the mother.

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Oklahoma to pass abortion bill that would make medical records public



An anti-choice Oklahoma law goes into effect on Nov. 1 requiring the data of every abortion performed in the state to be posted on a public web site. The doctor performing the abortion must answer deliberately misleading questions like, “Was there an infant born alive as a result of the abortion?”. Though the doctor isn’t revealing the woman’s name or address, Broadsheet said the first eight questions of the questionnaire would identify any woman living in a small town. “They’re really just trying to frighten women out of having abortions,” Keri Parks, director of external affairs of Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma said. [Salon.com Broadsheet]