Oklahoma's move to ban abortions is a prelude of America without Roe v Wade | Moira Donegan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The Department of Justice vowed to step up its enforcement of the Face Act, a law that aims to stop anti-abortion protestors from blocking the entrances to abortion clinics - a nice thought, but one that doesn't go very far if all those clinics are forced to close.
39% : The bill had been passed by the state senate last year but had been largely abandoned as Oklahoma conservatives sought other, more promising, ways to restrict abortion in the state.
38% : Once it does, 21 states have laws or amendments already in place that would make them certain to ban abortion as quickly as possible, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research group.
37% : The bill - which makes abortion a felony - indicates that the state, like most legal observers, expects the US supreme court to overturn RoeThe Oklahoma state legislature has been busy.
34% : The passage of the bill - which makes abortion a felony and would imprison doctors for up to 10 years per procedure - indicates that the state, like most legal observers, expects the supreme court to overturn Roe soon.
34% : Throughout his presidency, abortion rights activists have been frustrated with the president's unwillingness to say the word "abortion".
30% : Twelve states have so-called "trigger bans", laws that declare abortion illegal as soon as Roe is overturned.
28% : The day after the Oklahoma legislature sent the outright ban to Stitt's desk, Oklahoma's House Committee on Public Health approved another bill, this one banning abortion at six weeks.

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