The Details of the Oklahoma Abortion Ban Are Horrifying

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A new Oklahoma abortion ban is a futuristic nightmare of government control of women’s bodies, made real. This law, which comes in the wake of the news that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, is one of the most restrictive in the country.

To know how sinister and scary this Oklahoma law really is, consider this: The law bans abortions at the point of “fertilization,” which it defines as “the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.” Previously, Oklahoma had banned abortions at six weeks—a point when most women do not know they’re pregnant. Now the state has banned abortion at the point when by definition the pregnant person cannot know they are pregnant. The only exceptions to the law are in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the pregnant woman—exceptions that are increasingly rare in abortion legislation. In all other ways, this is a sweeping forced birth law.

“Oklahoma is now the only state in the United States to successfully outlaw abortion while Roe v. Wade still stands,” the Center for Reproductive Rights wrote in a press release. “A coalition of Oklahoma abortion providers and a reproductive justice organization will imminently file a challenge to the ban and seek to block it in court.”

Republican lawmakers, including Governor Kevin Stitt, have attempted to position the law as a lifesaving effort. “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,” Stitt said following the signing. This is disingenuous considering Oklahoma ranks 40th in the nation for maternal deaths.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/details-oklahoma-abortion-ban-horrifying-170000623.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. We live in a GOP world gone totally insane.

It is like a very bad nightmare.

[LoisB]

2. It is a christian-fascist wet dream.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes their dream come true is our living hell of a nightmare.

The MAGA nirvana is our Dante's inferno.

[LoisB]

5. Indeed.

[lapfog_1]

3. This will make illegal many forms of contraception

[Jack-o-Lantern]

6. So the law bans abortions at the point of "fertilization" to save babies...

But when little kids are slaughtered by the dozen with semiautomatic machineguns, it’s the price of freedom.

But don’t worry, we’re sending thoughts and prayers.

[PortTack]

7. Sexually active heterosexual Women of child bearing age need to move away... NOW!!

[slightlv]

8. I say ALL women and girls need to move away

immediately. They should treat Oklahoma and all states who enact laws such as these as the pariah states they are. They start with abortion, they'll continue to contraception and continue on to your job, your credit, and then end up to where you won't be able to move out of the state. Get out while you can, any way that you can. And realize, if you already have kids, that any little seed you might or might not have implanted in a womb has infinite more value than any of your living, breathing children running around your house presently (see Uvalde). These people are monsters. FLEE!

[Skittles]

9. WTF

Stitt says we need to do everything we can to protect the baby's life? Does that include when they are in elementary school? FUCK these hypocrites.

[BigmanPigman]

10. You couldn't pay me enough to live in that fucked up state...

But that also goes for about 40 other states too.

[DAngelo136]

11. Face it

The Oklahoma legislature just outlawed sexual intercourse. Protected or otherwise.

[Solly Mack]

12. Insane laws meant to oppress women.

Land of the free, my ass.