Oklahoma Becomes Second State to Successfully Ban Abortions, Court Won’t Block Abortion Ban
May 5, 2022 | Oklahoma
Oklahoma has become the second state to successfully ban abortions even before Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Yesterday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a pro-life law that would ban abortions in the same manner as Texas did. The Texas abortion ban is a unique law that has been on the books for almost 250 days days and saved thousands of babies from abortions.
Oklahoma will be the third state to have passed such a law, following Texas and Idaho. Although the Texas law has survived pro-abortion lawsuits and been affirmed at both the Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court, the Idaho law has been put on hold while the lawsuit agaisnt it continues.
In a new decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to block the law — meaning it will go into effect immediately and ban abortions.
Senate Bill 1503, modeled after the Texas heartbeat law, will prohibit abortions once an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy, and allow private citizens to sue abortionists who break the law…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.ORG)
