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Okla. abortion ultrasound requirement challenged

By RON JENKINS

Published: Oct 10, 2008

An advocacy group is suing over an Oklahoma law that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes to her what the fetus looks like.

In the lawsuit filed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court, the Center for Reproductive Rights says that the requirement intrudes on privacy, endangers health and assaults dignity.

The law, set to go into effect Nov. 1, would make Oklahoma the fourth state in the nation to require that ultrasounds be performed before a woman can have an abortion and that the ultrasounds be made available to the patient for viewing, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based health research organization.

The other states are Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. More

Oct 10, 2008

• Breast cancer answer in women's hands

Dr. John West says the way to survive breast cancer is to detect it at an early stage.

Oct 09, 2008

• 1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot

One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday.

Oct 09, 2008

• Report: Urban girls shortchanged in sports

Girls who live in urban areas start sports at a later age and have lower rates of participation than urban boys and suburban girls, according to a report released Thursday by the Women's Sports Foundation.

Oct 06, 2008

• Read it: ‘I Am Not My Breast Cancer' offers genuine words of encouragement

So much has been written about breast cancer it's hard to imagine there's anything new to say about a topic that will directly affect more than 182,000 women this year in the United States.

Oct 02, 2008

• Green card applicants required to get HPV vaccine

An expensive cervical cancer vaccine is now needed by young female immigrants before they can become legal U.S. residents, a requirement that immigration advocates say is unfair.

Oct 02, 2008

• Bernhard says report on Palin comments misleading

Sandra Bernhard says the decision by a women's shelter to cut her act from its annual benefit was based on a misleading account of what she said about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Oct 02, 2008

• Moms combine family and jobs for best of both worlds

It is common today for women to pursue their chosen careers in the work force while simultaneously balancing family life.

Oct 02, 2008

• Computers help docs spot breast cancer on X-rays

A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.

Sep 30, 2008

• Some moms are asking: Would Palin help us as VP?

As Sarah Palin gets set for this week's debate grilling on topics from foreign policy to the economy, some fellow working mothers are hoping she'll get grilled on something else, too: Her ability to stand up for them in Washington.

Sep 30, 2008

• Generation expert says divorced women could pick the next president

If you're a divorced woman from 29 to 47, with or without kids, you've got some clout you may not be aware of. Generational expert Ann Fishman thinks you hold the key to the next presidential election.