Oklahoma Passes New Near Total Abortion Ban In Red State Race To Outlaw Procedure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "The passage of HB 4327 by the Oklahoma House this morning is a gratuitous and cruel flaunting of power by anti-abortion legislators who have already passed multiple and overlapping abortion bans this session," said a statement from the Trust Women clinic, one of the four abortion providers in Oklahoma.
57% : The bill is riddled with anti-abortion messaging, defining "unborn child" as the embryo or fetus at any stage.
52% : A decision from the Michigan Court of Claims gave Planned Parenthood a win on that front this week, temporarily blocking enforcement of the law and saying that it likely runs afoul of the state constitution.
49% : Blue states, meanwhile, have been passing laws to increase access to abortion and to protect those performing and obtaining the procedure within their boundaries.
42% : The bill has exceptions for saving the life of the woman, and if the pregnancy is a product of rape or incest -- but requires that the crime have been reported to law enforcement.
35% : In Michigan, a purple state with a Republican legislature and Democratic governor, legal battles are ongoing as both Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Planned Parenthood try to prevent a 1931 abortion ban from being enforced if Roe falls.

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