Oklahoma Governor Signs Ban on Abortion From Conception

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : It bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected, which is usually at six weeks of pregnancy, and is enforced the same way as the Texas Heartbeat Act.
46% : Another exception is if the pregnancy is due to rape or incest that has been reported to law enforcement.
46% : According to the text of HB 4327, abortion is the "act of using, prescribing, administering, procuring, or selling of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the purpose to terminate the pregnancy of a woman, with knowledge that the termination by any of those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of an unborn child."
43% :The definition of abortion in the legislation "does not include the use, prescription, administration, procuring, or selling of Plan B, morning-after pills, or any other type of contraception or emergency contraception."
41% :The text also noted that an act "is not abortion" if it is performed to "save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child," "remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion" or "remove an ectopic pregnancy."

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