The Oklahoma Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed legislation banning all abortion “after fertilization,” making it the conservative southern bastion of the United States state with the strictest regulation in terms of voluntary termination of pregnancy. .
The vote comes at a time when abortion rights in the United States are under threat from the Supreme Court, which, according to a document revealed by Politico, seems ready to backtrack, 50 years after its historic decision. .
To be implemented, the text must be signed by Governor Kevin Stitt. This elected Republican has already indicated that he will put his signature on any law that imposes more restrictions on abortion.
Inspired by law passed by Texas in September, this piece of law in Oklahoma opens the door to lawsuits launched by private citizens against people suspected of having assisted or adopted a woman for abortion. Texas law prohibits abortion after six weeks.
The law provides exceptions for cases of rape and incest, but only if these crimes are reported to law enforcement.
The definition of abortion, according to the Oklahoma text, however, is not included the use, prescription, supply, or sale of morning after pills, or any type of contraception or emergency contraception.
Then, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris denounced the Oklahoma legislature’s decision as the latest series of outright attacks on women by elected officials.
Number two executive calls on Americans to elect leaders who will defend the right to abortion at the local, state, and federal levels.It has never been so urgenthe said on Twitter.
The organization Planned Parenthood, which defends the right to abortion, has announced that it will sue Oklahoma.
Stop this ban – along with all the other bans passed by this state last monthPlanned Parenthood continues on Twitter.
Make Oklahoma the State Champion Against Abortion
On May 3, Governor Kevin Stitt announced that he had signed a law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
” I want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country. “
Oklahoma has welcomed thousands of Texan women seeking abortion for months, following the passage in September of a similar text in this neighboring state.
Although it is supported by the majority of the population, according to recent polls, the right to abortion has become very much a social issue since the historic Roe v. Wade in January 1973, protecting the right of American women to terminate their pregnancies.
In the event of a Supreme Court decision to reverse this right, 26 conservative states, mostly in the center and south of the country such as Wyoming, Tennessee or South Carolina, are willing to ban or significantly restrict ‘abortion.
Source: Radio-Canada
