supreme court and today the yooulgs supreme court responded and said that oklahoma law is staying dead. they refused to overturn the state supreme court ruling that struck down the forced vaginal ultrasound law in the first place. the court turned away the state s appeal without comment. you know, remember, oklahoma objection is not alone. on behalf of texas governor rick perry, may i welcome you to your compulsory trance vaginal exam. did the u.s. supreme court make this decision on this oklahoma law because oklahoma s law is particularly bad in constitutional terms? because it was more out there than other states? or should this ruling today be taken as an indication that maybe all these states laws like this may be in more constitutional truck before they were when we all woke up today. joining me now the nancy northrup. tell me in your own words,
description in detail. some of these laws at least allow women to look away. but not in oklahoma, the oklahoma law, made you watch against your will, made you listen. the oklahoma law also mandated that the ultrasound had to be an internal one, it had to be a trance vaginal probe for almost all abortions. when oklahoma passed their bill, it was quickly challenged in court. the law has never been enforced in lt state. last year the supreme court struck the law down. other state officials appealed that ruling to the united states supreme court and today the yooulgs supreme court responded and said that oklahoma law is staying dead. they refused to overturn the state supreme court ruling that struck down the forced vaginal ultrasound law in the first place. the court turned away the state s appeal without comment. you know, remember, oklahoma objection is not alone. on behalf of texas governor rick perry, may i welcome you to your
description in detail. some of these laws at least allow women to look away. but not in oklahoma, the oklahoma law, made you watch against your will, made you listen. the oklahoma law also mandated that the ultrasound had to be an internal one, it had to be a transvaginal probe for almost all abortions. when oklahoma passed their bill, it was quickly challenged in court. the law has never been enforced in the state. last year the supreme court struck the law down. other state officials appealed that ruling to the united states supreme court and today the supreme court responded and said that oklahoma law is staying dead. they refused to overturn the state supreme court ruling that struck down the forced vaginal ultrasound law in the first place. the court turned away the state s appeal without comment. you know, remember, oklahoma is not alone. on behalf of texas governor rick
different state with an ambitious governor the year before, but that one got no national notice at all. in 2011, it was texas. and texas governor rick perry, he held a big ceremonial signing event to usher in his state s forced vaginal ultrasound law. but it was met with no mainstream national outrage. unlike virginia, the republicans who put that law forward were not forced to defend it on national tv. it didn t attract so much attention that it derailed all the other things that they wanted to do, and they wanted to be known for. it didn t get made fun of on saturday night live. it did not attract a national political spotlight from people all over the country who were horrified by the idea of what they were doing, even though they did exactly the same thing as virginia. in 2011, that did not happen. but in 2012, it did. and that outrage in 2012 had far-reaching consequences. virginia first passed its first ultrasound bill on february 1st of last year. february 14th is when it star
before, but that one got no national notice at all. in 2011, it was texas. and texas governor rick perry, he held a a big ceremonial signing event to usher in his state s forced vaginal ultrasound law. but it was met with no mainstream national outrage. unlike virginia, the republicans who put that law forward were not forced to defend it on national tv. it didn t attract so much attention that it derailed all the other things that they wanted to do, and they wanted to be known for. it didn t get made fun of on saturday night live. it did not attract a national political spotlight from people all over the country who were horrified by the idea of what they were doing, even though they did exactly the same thing as virginia. in 2011, that did not happen. but in 2012, it did. and that outrage in 2012 had far-reaching consequences. virginia first passed its first ultrasound bill on february 1st of last year. february 14th is when it started to get attention. up until that point, after t