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WATCH: Oklahoma Senator James Lankford speaks out on SCOTUS Texas abortion ruling

Posted at 7:15 AM, Jun 28, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-28 08:15:12-04

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas abortion law similar to the one in place in Oklahoma, prompting Oklahoma senators are speaking out.

The high court found that the Texas law incorporated unnecessary medical regulations and ruled that the state was restricting a woman’s right to an abortion.

The justices voted 5-3 Monday in favor of Texas clinics that protested the regulations as a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state.

Oklahoma Senator James Lankford spoke with 2 Works for You about the decision, his full interview is in the player above.