Under the bill, anyone convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
State Sen. Nathan Dahm, the Republican author of the bill who is now running for Congress, called it the"strongest pro-life legislation in the country right now, which effectively eliminates abortion in Oklahoma."
White House press secretary Jen Psaki denounced the law, calling it an"unconstitutional attack on women's rights" that"is just the latest and one of the most extreme state laws signed into law to date." "Make no mistake: the actions today in Oklahoma are a part of disturbing national trend attacking women's rights and the Biden Administration will continue to stand with women in Oklahoma and across the country in the fight to defend their freedom to make their own choices about their futures," Psaki said in a statement."It has never been more obvious that politicians are using tricks and games to pass these harmful laws," Dr.
Similar anti-abortion rights bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and in other conservative states in recent years have been stopped by the courts as unconstitutional, but proponents have been buoyed by the Supreme Court's decisionThe new Texas law, the most restrictive anti-abortion rights law in the U.S.
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