{"id":268930,"date":"2022-05-26T06:41:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=268930"},"modified":"2022-05-26T06:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:45:48","slug":"oklahoma-governor-abortion-fertilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/oklahoma-governor-abortion-fertilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma governor signs law restricting abortion at fertilization"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed<\/a> a bill into law on Wednesday that will restrict abortion beginning at fertilization and, like the Texas Heartbeat Act, allow private citizens to sue abortionists who “knowingly” commit an abortion “on a pregnant woman.”<\/p>\n

HB 4327<\/a>\u00a0uses private enforcement<\/a> through civil lawsuits rather than criminal enforcement. An abortionist or anyone who aids in the abortion could be sued for up to $10,000. There are two unnecessary exceptions with the bill allowing for abortion in cases of rape or incest and when the life of the mother is at risk. Abortion is never medically necessary<\/a> to save a woman’s life because preterm delivery, surgery for an ectopic pregnancy, and emergency C-sections are not abortions.<\/p>\n

The new law defines “fertilization” as “the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.” It also states that abortion “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.” However, many of these will cause an abortion after fertilization but before implantation.<\/p>\n

“I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” said Stitt in a statement. He continued, “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother.”<\/p>\n

He added that “if other states want to pass different laws, that is their right, but in Oklahoma we will always stand up for life.”<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: @GovStitt<\/a> just signed one of the strongest pro-life bills in the country.<\/p>\n

As of tomorrow, every abortion facility in the great state of Oklahoma will be shut down. <\/p>\n

Thousands of children\u2019s lives will be saved.<\/p>\n

The pro-life movement is just getting started!<\/p>\n

— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n