Abortion Provider Argues to Preserve Block on Oklahoma Law

An Oklahoma abortion provider and the state are facing off in state court over Oklahoma’s enforcement of a ban on the most common method of second-trimester abortion.

Oklahoma would become the first state in the country to be permitted to stop abortion providers from performing dilation and evacuation procedures at about 14 weeks after a woman’s last menstrual period unless the court preserves an injunction against its enforcement entered over three years ago, Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic LLC said.

Oklahoma County District Court Judge Cindy Truong held HB 1721 constitutional in July. The law bans a procedure in which a ...