Oklahoma saw a 2,500% increase in Texans seeking abortion since Texas enacted its near-total ban. Now, patients in both states could soon lose access to care.
advanced their Texas-style bans, which arbitrarily ban abortion care at about six weeks before many people can realize they’re pregnant. Idaho’s full Senate is slated to vote on the bill, SB1309, this week, and while it’s not yet clear when Oklahoma’s full Senate will vote on their abortion ban, SB1503, advocates are bracing for the vote to take place soon.
The governors of both Idaho and Oklahoma have already expressed support for these bans, and Oklahoma’s legislature is also considering a bill that would, effectively robbing the state of abortion access. A spokesperson for Trust Women, an abortion provider with a clinic in Tulsa, told 19th News that they hadn’t anticipated the bill “would move this quickly.
As Idaho and Oklahoma race to pass their versions of Texas’ ban, Texans have effectively been living in a post-world since September, and the consequences have been devastating. If—or rather, when—Oklahoma successfully enacts its SB8 style ban, pregnant people in both Oklahoma and Texas will shoulder the severe impacts of this.
Advocates, experts, and people who have had abortions have long pointed out that banning abortion doesn’t end the health service—it only creates new barriers and risks to get care, including being forced to travel great distances often across state lines. Still, not everyone is even able to travel to get abortion care.
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