Oklahoma is the First State Since 1973 to Completely Ban and Abortion Activists are Mad
June 2, 2022 | Oklahoma
It really does seem as if every update on state legislation penned by the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute is gloomier than all its predecessors. And “2022 State Legislative Sessions: Abortion Bans and Restrictions on Medication Abortion Dominate”—an update from March 16—certainly fills that bill.
Oklahoma’s passage Wednesday of HB 4327, which protects the unborn child in Oklahoma throughout pregnancy, with narrow exceptions, may explain the timing of the “update.”
“This makes Oklahoma the first state to completely ban abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision,” according to Guttmacher’s Elizabeth Nash, Lauren Cross, and Joerg Dreweke. That may be the low point—from their viewpoint—but much more discouraging news is included.
“So far this year,” they lament, “2,025 total provisions related to sexual and reproductive health and rights have been introduced across 46 states and the District of Columbia. This includes both restrictions and proactive measures.”
“Among restrictions introduced and moving since the start of state legislative sessions in January, two key themes are anti-abortion policymakers’ continued pursuit of various types of abortion bans and restrictions on medication abortion,” they write… (Excerpt from Lifenews.com)
