Oklahoma S Abortion Ban Would Be Even Stricter Than Texas
In a 78-19 vote, the House sent HB 4327 to the Republican-controlled state Senate. If signed into law, it would surpass Texas’ six-week abortion ban to become the most restrictive in the nation. Like the Texas law, the bill would allow private citizens to pursue civil actions of up to $10,000 against doctors and others who aid a woman in obtaining an abortion. But it goes further by prohibiting any physician in Oklahoma from performing or inducing an abortion at any stage of a pregnancy unless it is required “to save the life of the mother....