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Pro-Choice Group To Rally At Capitol Tuesday

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Members of a group formed to push back against many of the anti-abortion measures in the Oklahoma Legislature every year will be donning pink and heading to the Capitol in support of women's reproductive rights.

The Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice will host "Pink Wave 2015" on Tuesday at the Capitol. The event will include speakers, informational displays and coalition members lobbying their individual legislators.

The coalition was created five years ago amid an increase in the number of anti-abortion laws approved each year by the Legislature, many of which have been struck down in court as unconstitutional.

Among the bills the group is opposing this year is one to increase the wait time from 24 to 72 hours for a woman seeking an abortion.

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