OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Anti-abortion advocates want state lawmakers to approve new restrictions on a woman's legal right to end a pregnancy.
Dozens filled the state Capitol's rotunda Wednesday for the annual Rose Day rally. They visited lawmakers' offices and distributed roses while asking them to support anti-abortion measures.
Anti-abortion bills pending in the 2010 Legislature include some that were invalidated by an Oklahoma county judge last year.
They would require women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound examination and affirm the right of health care professionals to refuse to participate in an abortion.
Other bills would regulate use of the abortion pill RU-486 and prohibit wrongful-life lawsuits arguing a disabled child would have been better off aborted.
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