States attorneys in Oklahoma have filed a motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order issued earlier this week by an Oklahoma County judge which blocks enforcement of a new state abortion law.

The controversial law would require that private, confidential medical information of women seeking abortions be put on a public website.

And the Republicans are the party of individual rights and opposition to government intrusion?

The Oklahoma Journal Record reports that a spokesperson for Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said District Judge Twyla Mason Gray will rule on the motion by Friday of next week.

According to the Journal:

Gray issued the order, which prevents the law from taking effect on Nov. 1.  A motion for a temporary injunction against the law is pending. A hearing on that motion is scheduled for Dec. 4.

Dionne Scott, senior press officer for the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, said that Gray also required the plaintiffs to post a $25,000 bond, which Scott said is unusual.

“While Oklahoma law does have a rule that parties requesting a temporary restraining order must post bond, there is no required amount under that rule, and the judge’s reasoning behind the unusually large amount of $25,000 is unclear,” Scott said.

Two Oklahomans, former state Rep. Wanda Stapleton of Oklahoma City and Lora Joyce Davis, Shawnee, filed a legal challenge to the law in September.

The state opposed the plaintiffs’ motion for the TRO.

Assistant Attorney General Gregory Metcalfe said the two women have not clearly shown they would suffer any irreparable harm if the law takes effect for a month prior to the Dec. 4 hearing.

“Rather, it is the public that will be harmed if plaintiffs are permitted to frustrate the efforts of the Legislature without demonstrating any justification for having the act put on hold,” Metcalfe told the court in the state’s response to the plaintiffs’ motion.

The law expands reporting requirements for several state agencies, and for doctors who perform abortions. It also prohibits abortions based upon fetus gender and redefines numerous abortion-related terms in the Oklahoma statutes.

Stapleton and Davis are challenging the law as a violation of a provision in the Oklahoma Constitution that prohibits legislative measures covering more than one subject.

Stapleton said the plaintiffs are delighted with Gray’s order.

“Otherwise the bill would have gone into effect before the hearing,” she said.

Stapleton said the measure would work against taxpayers, women in particular.

“This is a hostile bill,” she said.

Stapleton said it would cost about $250,000 annually, “which will be used to harass and intimidate women seeking an abortion.”

The former lawmaker said the measure is just one of an “avalanche” of anti-choice bills filed since 2005 to place obstacles in the path of women.

“Those obstacles are intended to discourage and scare them to death,” Stapleton said.

Tony Lauinger, chairman of Oklahomans for Life, said the new law will serve public health needs. He said part of its reporting requirements relate to complications that occur during abortions, making it possible to gauge the harm that may be caused by the procedure.

“The legislation will make it possible for policymakers to better understand the reasons that women seek abortions, thereby making it possible to address some of the underlying causes,” he said.

Right.