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Abortion in Oklahoma is illegal [1] [2] unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of a pregnant individual. Oklahoma banned abortion in 1910 [3] and it remained banned until the United States' Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade. Oklahoma became the first state in the United States to institute a ban on abortion from fertilisation ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in nearly all cases except life-threatening ...
As of 2022, abortion is currently illegal in most cases in Oklahoma. Oklahoma's abortion ban took effect on May 25, 2022, when Governor Kevin Stitt signed HB 4327 into law, and abortion providers have ceased offering services in Oklahoma as of that date.
Oklahoma now bans abortion except when a woman's life is in danger and has a law that criminalizes encouraging someone to have an abortion. Initially, the state agreed as a compromise to provide a ...
Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, filed a bill that would allow the state to revoke the medical license of a physician who helps cause an illegal abortion. House Bill 3216 also could prohibit the use of ...
Nearly two dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion. View CNN’s abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, or in limbo.
Performing an illegal abortion is a Level 5 felony punishable by imprisonment for 1 to 6 years and/or a fine of up to $10,000. [199] None authorized by the state's ban on abortion. [200] Kentucky: Intentional termination of life of an unborn human being is a class D felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 1 and not more than 5 years ...
Thousands of women have traveled out-of-state or ordered abortion pills online to end pregnancies in the year and a half since Oklahoma banned most abortions, data shows. Legislators have ...