An Oklahoma law that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion before she undergoes an ultrasound and the doctors describes what her fetus looks like is being sued by the Center for Reproductive Rights.

CRR is a nonprofit global human rights organization based in New York City that is representing the Tulsa clinic. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court and says that the requirement intrudes on privacy, endangers health and assaults dignity. The law is set to go into effect November 1 and it would make Oklahoma the fourth state in the U.S. that forces women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion, after Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.

One problem for the law is the fact that it is also valid for the victims of rape or incest. This determined Brad Henry, Oklahoma's governor, to execute his veto right when the law came in question. Unfortunately, lawmakers overrode his veto and passed the abortion legislation in April. The state Senator, Todd Lamb, told the media that the ultrasound provides more information to the mother, in order to change her mind. Furthermore, women are not forced in looking at the ultrasound. The law says that mothers can avert their eyes during the procedure.

The Center for Reproductive Rights says that the Government should not intervene in medical problems and it must leave the medical determinations to physicians and health decisions to individuals. If the law remains, the Tulsa clinic will certainly encounter financial difficulties and that's probably the reason why they filed this lawsuit.