OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma judge has ruled to keep retain a restraining order on a state law that would require doctors to publicly reveal information on abortion patients.

Abortion-rights attorneys had asked Oklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens to block the law from taking effect, and on Friday he moved to put a hold on the measure until a Feb. 19 hearing, CNN reported.


The U.S. broadcaster said the law demands doctors fill out a 10-page questionnaire for every abortion performed, in which the physician is to collect information from patients about age, marital status, race and years of education. The Oklahoma Department of Health would set up a Web site up by March to publish results of the completed questionnaires.

"Nosy neighbors with some effort could identify or, even worse, misidentify these women who answer these questions," former state Rep. Wanda Jo Stapleton told CNN. "There are details in those questions about rape, incest, abuse, relationship problems and emotional health. I think women can be identified."

"We're not trying to embarrass anybody, hurt anybody or make anybody's identities known. That's not the purpose of the legislation," said the bill's author, Republican State Sen. Todd Lamb.