OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to...
EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Abortion-rights supporters rally at the State Capitol, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Oklahoma City. OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure. the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year.
“I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” the first-term Republican said in a statement. “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother. That is what I believe and that is what the majority of Oklahomans believe.
Abortion providers across the country have been bracing for the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court’s new conservative majority
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