Okla. lawmakers approve bill to make performing an abortion illegal

[underpants]

Source: Washington Post

The Oklahoma House on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly for a Republican bill that would make performing an abortion illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The vote was 70 to 14 after lawmakers added it to the agenda Monday night, catching some by surprise. There was little discussion or debate.

The bill, which passed the Senate last year, would make performing an abortion a felony. Anyone convicted would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. The measure heads to Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has signaled his openness to signing antiabortion legislation into law.

The law makes an exception if the life of the mother is in danger.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/05/okla-lawmakers-approve-bill-make-performing-an-abortion-illegal/

[LiberalFighter]

1. There needs to be a law making it illegal to be stupid and crazy.

[DemocraticPatriot]

19. In other words, let's make it illegal to be a Republican,

or vote Republican. I could seriously get behind that.


The Germans outlawed the Nazi party. The Republicans are not much less of a criminal organization. They just haven't killed as many people.

Yet.

[secondwind]

2. It's always the MEN (mostly) who get involved in these decisions.... it's really a shame that they

can get away with this, forcing women to carry to term, no excuses, etc.. Bothers the hell out of me!

BUT...... women have always found a way....

[turbinetree]

3. Hey Abolition of Abortion, got a fucking question for you......

and those dimwit dangerous legislature jerks........do you approve of sending men and woman into combat to get killed.....is that fucking pro-life.....

[OneCrazyDiamond]

4. The pro-Birthers smell a receptive supreme court.

We should have packed it already.

[turbinetree]

5. WE should have packed it 50 -30 years ago....

and all of the federal courts and district courts.....

[BidenRocks]

23. We never anticipated treason!

I started to get it with Newt's contract on America.

That, is when the canary died!

Raygun is a separate rant!

[turbinetree]

30. I felt it after Watergate.....

[barbtries]

12. totally agree.

there's no other way to preserve our rights at this point.

[Runningdawg]

6. EVERY year. You can set your watch by it.

Next up - Declaring fed gun laws invalid, making the buybull the official book of OK, and jail for kids and adults alike for refusing to stand for the anthem or recite the pledge. Welcome to an election year in Jesus' fav state.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. the rs whine and complain about gvt interferance in their lives , well hear u go.

be careful what u wish for and how does this pave roads . pay for librarys . pay for schools etc? it dosent.

[Stuart G]

8. Oklahoma will lose lots of tourists if this becomes law. And most people feel that ...

this is very...VERY STUPID!!! Hasn't the Supreme Court already ruled that abortion is legal?

[BradAllison]

9. They know that will change very soon.

Roe V Wade is pretty much gone in the next few months.

This is a race for the absolute backwash of the far right states to reap the benefit of Illegal President Donald Rapist, who likely paid for many abortions personally.

[tinrobot]

20. How many people actually go to Oklahoma on vacation?

From what I can gather, not many.

[Stuart G]

10. NY Times says many states are passing laws in anticipation that Roe v Wade will be overturned.

link below:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/abortion-supreme-court-roe-v-wade.html

[barbtries]

11. very obviously unconstitutional.

so i guess their long game is to take to SCOTUS so Roe v Wade can be overturned?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Yes, there are enough right-wing justices to make the bill "constitutional"

[rockfordfile]

15. I agree

[bucolic_frolic]

13. If they OUT these people isn't that a violation of HIPAA privacy law?

Isn't suing someone for obtaining healthcare illegal, if only because their name is dragged into public view?

[Marthe48]

16. No tourism in this backwater

So sick of the adoration of cells, when born humans live in squalor, suffer hunger, can't pay for their medicine, and live in thrall of creatures who couldn't use a microscope to see the object of their worship if there was a gun held at their pinhead.

[DFW]

17. I want an amendment to the bill

Any man in Oklahoma who gets a woman pregnant needs to be fined $100,000 and imprisoned for ten years. The very act of doing so makes her a potential candidate for an abortion, and in Oklahoma they obviously want to criminalize that.

So, Okie guys, you can take 'em out to dinner, but hands (and the rest) off unless you want to spend the next ten years behind bars. The only exception I would make is that if the man is a member of the Oklahoma State Legislature, both the fine and the prison sentence are doubled, because he should have known better.

Next on the docket in Oklahoma--the State is about to outlaw hormones. Anyone growing them gets an automatic 15 years in prison.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. I give them 15 years before the state collapses on the additional demands of education & support.

[paleotn]

21. For all practical purposes....

we're becoming two separate countries. Blue America and red America. Driven by the power states have and SCOTUS abandoning its roll to uphold basic freedoms.

[redstatebluegirl]

22. They want to be the state that brings down Roe.

This law will no doubt go to the Supreme Court, that is what they want.

[BidenRocks]

24. Low fare airlines will be subsidized

to get patients to California.

It seems that freedom means different things based on religion and education.

[ificandream]

25. I propose we make being a Republican a felony.

[TeamProg]

26. There will be even more babies with birth defects that draw economy from the parents and taxpayers

in general.

The GOP is living in their own world so much that they can't see how our population is actually becoming more liberal and far less religious.

I see all of their recent actions back-firing tremendously in the next few years.

[edhopper]

27. There it is

When the SCOTUS refuses to overturn this, Roe v Wade is dead.

[PlanetBev]

28. 70 to 14

My California head can’t wrap itself around it.
This is beyond belief. Where the hell do they get these people?

[aggiesal]

29. You can have an abortion, but you can't perform an abortion. ...

They're pretty arrogant.

[The Jungle 1]

31. 14% of Okla. people live in poverty

The state is the 9th poorest in the nation. They also have the highest incarceration rate in the US.
Oklahoma is of course another failed red state.
You want to reduce abortion then fix your economy you stupid asses.