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Oklahoma’s Senate passed a law Thursday that would criminalize abortion, an extraordinary measure clashing sharply with longstanding rulings from the nation’s highest court.
Physicians who perform an abortion could be charged with a felony and stripped of their medical licenses under the act, which now goes to Gov. Mary Fallin. The bill becomes law in five days unless she vetoes it. Fallin said she has not decided what she will do, but legal experts say such a law could not survive a constitutional challenge.
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Michael McConnell, a Stanford law professor and former federal judge appointed by George W. Bush, also expressed skepticism.
“No constitutional argument is available to support this bill under current precedent, and it is exceedingly unlikely that a majority of the Supreme Court would vote to overrule that precedent,” McConnell told USA TODAY.
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