Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks restrictions to medication abortions

By Cassidy Morrison

Published April 30, 2019 5:14pm ET

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Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks restrictions to medication abortions — Autumn Katz, an attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights, speaks with supporters after an Oklahoma anti-abortion law that restricted the use of abortion-inducing drugs was struck down by an Oklahoma County judge who ruled it was an unconstitutional special law because it applied only to drugs used to induce abortions and no other medications, in Oklahoma City, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. | (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 2014 measure to block access to medication-induced abortion is unconstitutional.

“Today’s decision is a critical victory for Oklahoma women and their doctors,” said Autumn Katz, Senior Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights. “Women deserve access to safe medication abortion regardless of what state they live in.”

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