There will be no exceptions for rape or incest.
said during a signing ceremony for the bill, as other anti-abortion lawmakers, clergy, and students stood beside him. “I promised Oklahomans that I would sign every pro-life bill that hits my desk, and that’s what we’re doing here today.”
The bill, which already has a host of activists and reproductive justice organizations up in arms, is set to take effect 90 days after signing. Once the bill goes into effect, anyone convicted of performing an abortion would face a $100,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison. The bill allows for an abortion only in the event that it is a life-saving procedure for the mother. This does not include rape or incest. Thealso limits “life-saving” to physical reasons, which eliminates the ability to correctly argue that abortions can save the mother’s life long before it is a physically dangerous situation for the mother, or to argue for a mother’s mental health.
Even though abortion advocates are confident the bill is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold other
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