Oklahoma Considers Database For Pregnant People As Roe Hangs In The Balance

[RandySF]

The Oklahoma Legislature started its 2022 session this week with a slew of anti-abortion bills, which isn’t uncommon. “This is my 12th year in the legislature now, and it feels like every year we go through this,” said Oklahoma House Minority Leader Emily Virgin (D).

But this year’s anti-abortion bills ― 11 were pre-filed before the legislative session even began ― bring fresh menace. The state’s Republican governor has already promised that he would sign any abortion restriction the Oklahoma Legislature sends his way. Moreover, some bills, which clearly go beyond what’s allowed by Roe v. Wade and normally would immediately get bogged down in the court system, could actually become law given the looming U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could upend five decades of abortion rights.

And the bills coming to the floor range from extreme to downright dystopian, including one that would create a state-run database of some pregnant people in the state.

“[W]e have absolutely seen the bills get more and more extreme,” said Virgin. “That’s due to the national landscape and the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. I think the anti-abortion movement has been strengthened and emboldened by that. And with our current governor, it’s pretty likely that he’ll sign any anti-abortion bill that makes it to his desk.”......

The most radical of the bunch is Senate Bill 1167, filed by state Sen. George Burns (R). Titled the Every Mother Matters Act, or EMMA, it would establish a government database for pregnant people looking to get abortions in Oklahoma. Each pregnant person will call a hotline and be connected with a “pre-abortion resource” assistant, but that person is legally not allowed to refer a patient to an abortion provider. The pregnant person would then be assigned a “unique identifying number” in the database, and abortion providers would be mandated to keep the information for seven years.




https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oklahoma-considers-database-for-pregnant-people-as-roe-hangs-in-the-balance_n_61fc17dee4b0725faac6d865

[CottonBear]

1. Horrifying. No f***ing way. NT

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. How about a database for men who get women pregnant?

They could use that to assure that the men are paying to support their children.

[lindysalsagal]

7. Just start a database for all men, with DNA, so, all babies can be traced.

And if these women allow this, we're all doomed.

[monkeyman1]

14. how about we get a database of congress critter's investing while in government !

insider trading ! could be a thought ? dead beat father's of congress? how about Flushing paperwork down the crapper & charging it to tax-payer's for a butt load of crap ? COVID that could been avoided by a person that shall not be named because of might hurt his fee-fee's ? on & on with the MF45 list !

[ymetca]

3. The other thing high on their agenda

is more tax breaks for rich people, and funneling more money into "charter" schools, despite all the poor outcomes and scandals there already.

Oh, yeah, and they're gerrymandering the crap out of the most Democratic districts too.

The Jesus-bots want total control. They're all ate up with it now, reveling in their own hubris.

[Lovie777]

4. Oh well . ....

freedumb

[moondust]

5. Big Brother denounces big gubment!

And don't you forget it!

(Watch what they do--not what they say.)

[Irish_Dem]

6. Sounds like what China used to do.

Forced pregnancy tests and date base.

[keithbvadu2]

8. A data base to check who did not deliver and prosecute later if possible.

A data base to check who did not deliver and prosecute later if possible.

[cbabe]

9. Data bases, snitch lines, and all can easily be

hacked, overrun, or tiktoked. Technology is your friend.

[roamer65]

10. As long as we get a database for anti-vaxxers and Christian fundamentalist terrorists.

So we know who needs to be rounded up for the FEMA camps.

[BlueIdaho]

11. And gun owners...

Don’t forget the gun owners.

[roamer65]

12. +1000

[calimary]

13. Is calling a hotline mandatory?

Because if it isn’t, then go out of state. Planned Parenthood in another state might have referrals, especially in a blue state.

Seems to me Job One is figuring out how to get around this. Preferably more than one way to get around it. Hell, that’s the GOP “Quest for Gold.” Since they routinely do it, why don’t we?

[SunSeeker]

15. OK has one of the highest maternal mortality rates for Black people in the US.

Oklahoma doesn't give a shit about women's health. This is all about control of women.