Oklahoma Republicans: It's OK if doctors lie to women so they don't have abortions
I don't write about abortion very often because, well, it's not a subject I'm very partisan about. I'm instinctively uncomfortable with the procedure; I also suspect that women's liberties really are bound up (to some extent) in the freedom to decide whether to carry a pregnancy to term. There's lots I find sympathetic -- and reprehensible -- about both sides of the political debate, so I try to stay out of it as much as possible. Still, a new law passed in Oklahoma to reduce abortions is really, really awful: The second measure passed into law Tuesday protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of the bill is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to try to influence them against having an abortion. In other words, if your doctor doesn't want you to have an abortion, he can keep critical information about your fetus-baby