Oklahoma Passes More Anti-Choice Legislation — Are They Done Yet?
It's yet another day at the Oklahoma Legislature, with another few anti-choice bills getting passed.
It appears that the Oklahoma Legislature has finally pushed through the rest of their stalled anti-choice laws that were either held up or struck down in court due to the unconstitutional nature of multi-topic bills.
Yesterday, the state senate passed three new bills: a ban on abortions based on the gender of the fetus, a conscience clause exempting health care workers from participating in procedures or filling prescriptions that make them uncomfortable, and a new batch of followups and medical information reporting necessary after a patient uses RU 486 for a chemical abortion.
All of these bills will now return to the House for a vote, which is likely to pass easily. In the past few weeks the House has already passed an ultrasound law, and the statistical data reporting act (which asks 30+ questions regarding need for an abortion). Still more are waiting in committee to be sent to the House or Senate.