Oklahoma abortion law, a near-total ban, would reverberate in Texas and far beyond
When a Texas law prohibiting abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy took effect in September, Oklahoma became the biggest out-of-state destination for Texans seeking to terminate pregnancies.
That option could soon disappear after the Oklahoma Legislature's passage of a near-total abortion ban, among the most restrictive in the nation. The bill advanced Tuesday needs only the signature of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has said he would sign all abortion restrictions, to become law.
What's happening in Texas and Oklahoma is the latest example of how difficult it will be to obtain an abortion for many Americans if Roe v. Wade is overturned and states are able to determine if and when abortion access is granted, health care experts said.
"When a state bans abortion, that disrupts the entire network from the West Coast to the East Coast, not only for that one state," said Elizabeth Nash, a state policy analyst at the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health and rights think tank based in New York.
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