Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt today signed a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states hopeful that the conservative U.S. Supreme Court will uphold new restrictions.Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a bill that mimics Texas' six-week abortion banRoe v. WadeThe Oklahoma ban tekes effect immediately.
“There will be people who lose access, even if the halt in services is only brief,” said Emily Wales, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which operates abortion clinics in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. “Since that day, my colleagues and I have regularly treated patients who are fleeing their communities to seek care,” Alsaden said. “They’re taking time off of work, taking time out of school and taking time away from their family responsibilities to get the care that until September 2021 they were able to get safely and readily in their communities.”
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