Veto Proof? Senate Approves Anti-Abortion Bill

The Senate has approved and sent to Governor Brad Henry a controversial abortion measure.

Senate Bill 139 by Sen. James Williamson, R-Tulsa, passed by a 34-14 vote in what appears to be a veto-proof margin.

The bill bans the use of public money for abortions except to save the life of a woman or in cases of rape or incest.

The governor vetoed a similar measure that didn't contain those exceptions. The Senate sustained his veto twice. Senators Charlie Laster, D-Shawnee; Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City; and Nancy Riley, D-Sand Springs, voted earlier to sustain the veto but today voted for the new bill.

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