HRC GROUP....Oklahoma Legislature passes bill criminalizing abortion

[misterhighwasted]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/politics/oklahoma-abortion-criminalization/

Oklahoma Legislature passes bill criminalizing abortion

By Shawn Nottingham, Ariane de Vogue and Eugene Scott, CNN
Updated 4:06 PM ET, Thu May 19, 2016

(CNN)The Oklahoma state legislature has passed a bill that would criminalize abortion procedures in the state. According to the language of the bill, anyone who is found to have performed an abortion -- except in instances to save the life of the mother -- will be found guilty of a felony and can receive up to three years in prison.

The bill now is on its way to Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican, for final approval.

The governor has not decided whether she will sign the bill, according to her spokesperson Michael McNutt, adding that she needs time to review the legislation.

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This bill is as direct an assault on Roe v. Wade -- and the Supreme Court's subsequent jurisprudence -- as anything we've seen before. If this law is upheld, then (the Roe decision) is meaningless," said Steve Vladeck, a CNN contributor and law professor at the American University Washington College of Law, referring to the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.

HILLARY CLINTON:
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took to Twitter Thursday to condemn the legislature's decision.

"We can't sit by while extreme politicians attack women's basic rights. Not only is this unconstitutional—it's wrong," she tweeted.



DONALD TRUMP:
"There has to be some form of punishment," Trump said during a televised town hall event.

"For the woman?" Matthews asked, to which Trump replied, "Yes."

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump previously showed interest in the idea of Fallin as a vice presidential candidate.

[BobbyDrake]

1. Taking advantage of the distraction provided by the Never-Ending Primary. nt

[TwilightZone]

2. "There's no difference between Trump and Clinton"

Say people who are fucking stupid. (Pardon my language....)

[yallerdawg]

3. John Grisham readers will be watching this.

We have a Supreme Court that could - could - defer to a lower court ruling with a 4-4 tie.

We may think it is unconstitutional - but the 'right' plays a mean long game.

[TwilightZone]

4. They work from the assumption that if they keep passing them, one of the lesser-crazy ones...

will eventually stick. Then, they move the target a little to the right.

Agree entirely that they understand the long game. This stuff may look frivolous to some, but it's all part of the plan.

[ismnotwasm]

5. A blow for human rights

This just disgusts me.