Friday, October 7, 2016, 7:56 AM

Friday, October 7, 2016, 7:56 AM

The Oklahoma Supreme Court, which includes longtime Muskogee Justice Jim Edmondson, ruled unanimously this week that the anti-abortion bill signed into law in 2015 by Gov. Mary Fallin is unconstitutional.

SB642 is the second anti-abortion law this year found to be unconstitutional in the state. The law, the court ruled, was vague and contained items confusing and unrelated to the subject of the law. They called it “misleading”.

Fallin criticized the “disappointing” ruling.

“Like many pro-life bills passed in Oklahoma, this bill was designed to protect unborn life,” she said. “As well as the health and life of the mother.”

The group representing the Norman doctor who filed the case disagreed.

“Today’s decision is a critical victory for Oklahoma women and their doctors, who will no longer face the threat of criminal prosecution simply for providing safe and legal health care to their patients,” Center for Reproductive Rights CEO Nancy Northrop said. “We will continue to stand with doctors and women in Oklahoma and everywhere they are threatened by politicians determined to push women’s right to essential health care out of reach.”