Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:44 pm
The plaintiffs in a Tulsa federal court lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban argued in a pleading filed Tuesday that the issues they have presented address claims of “ongoing unequal protection and treatment” and that their resolution “should not be postponed indefinitely.”
The document filed on Tuesday says that the case is one of several pending in state and federal courts throughout the country addressing same-sex marriage in the aftermath of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
The high court’s majority opinion in United States v. Windsor found that the federal Defense of Marriage Act’s section defining marriage as being between one man and one woman was unconstitutional.
The Tulsa case, challenging both DOMA and Oklahoma’s 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and the recognition of such marriages, was stayed while the Windsor case was pending....
There is no reason for this review by the Supreme Court of the same sex marriage case or the abortion laws.
These so called abortions all happen within the First Trimester. Women are legally allowed to carry out abandonment of an unwanted pregnancy in the First Trimester.
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:00 am
Updated: 3:06 am, Wed Oct 30, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY —- The Oklahoma Supreme Court (click here) on Tuesday further explained its recent ruling that a 2011 law putting restrictions on medical abortions is unconstitutional.
The response came following a request from the U.S. Supreme Court, which indicated it would take a look at the case following Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's appeal to the nation's high court.
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the lower court to answer two specific questions about the law.
The justices wanted to know whether the measure prohibited the use of misoprostol to induce abortions, including its use with mifepristone, also called RU486, according to a protocol approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The nation's high court also wanted to know whether Oklahoma law prohibited the use of methotrextate to treat ectopic pregnancies.
The state's high court said it did both....
I would like to bring to the debate The Robert's Court is corrupting the practice of physicians.
Contraception 1997 Dec;56(6):367-71
Medical abortion with methotrexate 75 mg intramuscularly and vaginal misoprostol. (click here)
The plaintiffs in a Tulsa federal court lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban argued in a pleading filed Tuesday that the issues they have presented address claims of “ongoing unequal protection and treatment” and that their resolution “should not be postponed indefinitely.”
The document filed on Tuesday says that the case is one of several pending in state and federal courts throughout the country addressing same-sex marriage in the aftermath of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
The high court’s majority opinion in United States v. Windsor found that the federal Defense of Marriage Act’s section defining marriage as being between one man and one woman was unconstitutional.
The Tulsa case, challenging both DOMA and Oklahoma’s 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and the recognition of such marriages, was stayed while the Windsor case was pending....
There is no reason for this review by the Supreme Court of the same sex marriage case or the abortion laws.
These so called abortions all happen within the First Trimester. Women are legally allowed to carry out abandonment of an unwanted pregnancy in the First Trimester.
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:00 am
Updated: 3:06 am, Wed Oct 30, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY —- The Oklahoma Supreme Court (click here) on Tuesday further explained its recent ruling that a 2011 law putting restrictions on medical abortions is unconstitutional.
The response came following a request from the U.S. Supreme Court, which indicated it would take a look at the case following Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's appeal to the nation's high court.
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the lower court to answer two specific questions about the law.
The justices wanted to know whether the measure prohibited the use of misoprostol to induce abortions, including its use with mifepristone, also called RU486, according to a protocol approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The nation's high court also wanted to know whether Oklahoma law prohibited the use of methotrextate to treat ectopic pregnancies.
The state's high court said it did both....
I would like to bring to the debate The Robert's Court is corrupting the practice of physicians.
Contraception 1997 Dec;56(6):367-71
Medical abortion with methotrexate 75 mg intramuscularly and vaginal misoprostol. (click here)
Creinin MD.
Department
of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital, PA 15213-3180,
USA. mcreinin@mail.magee.edu
Abstract
Methotrexate (50 mg/m2 intramuscularly
and 50 mg orally) followed by vaginal misoprostol have proven to be
> 90% effective at causing abortion in women at less than 49 days'
gestation. Although the effectiveness of the oral dose (which has a
lower serum bioavailability) demonstrates that a methotrexate dose of 50
mg/m2 may be more than necessary, an intramuscular regimen is more
advantageous because it is less costly....
Mifepristone (click here)
...Early vacuum aspiration using a rigorous protocol (which includes
magnification of aspirated material and indications for serum βhCG
follow-up) may be used at gestations below 7 weeks, although data
suggest that the failure rate is higher than for medical
abortion....
Misoprostol and Pregnancy (click here)
Mifepristone (click here)
Misoprostol and Pregnancy (click here)
N Engl J Med 2001; 344:38-47
January 4, 2001DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200101043440107
Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 analogue that has been
approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be taken orally
for the prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers associated with the
use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. It has also become an
important drug in obstetrical and gynecologic practice because of its
uterotonic and cervical-ripening actions. Misoprostol is useful for
elective medical abortion, cervical ripening before surgical abortion,
evacuation of the uterus in cases of embryonic or fetal death, and
induction of labor. The drug may also be used to treat and even prevent postpartum hemorrhage. However, misoprostol is . . .
