Date uploaded: 2022-05-19 22:40:03

Oklahoma is poised to implement the strictest anti-abortion law in the nation after state lawmakers on Wednesday gave final passage to a Texas-style ban that begins at conception. Nearly all abortions would be prohibited under the legislation that would take effect immediately upon Gov. Kevin Stitt's signature. The bill allows private citizens to sue anyone who "aids or abets" a woman seeking an abortion at any point in her pregnancy. The woman pursuing the procedure could not be sued. Limited exceptions include abortions necessary to save a woman's life and those performed to end pregnancies that occurred due to rape or incest so long as the woman reported the crime to law enforcement. Stitt, who has vowed to sign all anti-abortion bills that advance to his desk, is expected to sign the legislation. Abortion providers plan to challenge in court the measure that could take effect any day. Click the link in our bio to read more.