Supreme Court justices dismiss another Oklahoma law on abortion
Story highlights    • This is the second abortion law Oklahoma
has had shot down recently   • The Supreme Court justices
refused to hear the appeal on sonagram requirement   • Justices
could rule soon on injunction request for Texas abortion law
The justices, without comment, refused to accept the state's
appeal over HB 2780, which would require healthcare providers to
perform an ultrasound scan before terminating a woman's
pregnancy.   The new law mandated that pregnant women seeking an
abortion be given the chance to view the ultrasound image and be
given a medical description, including "the dimensions of the
embryo or fetus, the presence of cardiac activity, if present
and viewable, and the presence of external members and internal
organs, if present and viewable."   State lawmakers supporting
the legislation said the ultrasound requirement was designed to
allow women to make an "informed decision" before undergoing an
abortion.  Abortion