Oklahoma lawmakers to tackle abortion measures on return to Capitol

 
By Barbara Hoberock - Tulsa World
Published: January 30, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY - One measure pending in the Oklahoma Legislature would require a woman to listen to a fetal heartbeat before ending her pregnancy.

Two others would declare that life begins at conception.

Lawmakers will once again tackle abortion legislation when they return to the Capitol on Feb. 6.

Meanwhile, a district court put two recently enacted laws that would place restrictions on abortions on h...


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