U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles said the law, the Woman’s Right to Know Act of 2011, forces physicians to deliver a state’s ideological message “under circumstances where it would seem the message is the provider’s and not the state’s,” according to the report.
The law required physicians to perform an ultrasound and present the sound of a heartbeat four hours before an abortion, “though a woman is free to look away and ignore an explanation and medical description of what is on the screen,” according to the report.
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