Oklahoma passes new law to ban abortion from fertilization

The lower house of the state of Oklahoma (USA) ratified this Thursday a law that will prohibit any abortion from the moment of fertilization and that will enter into force the moment the governor, Republican Kevin Stitt, signs it.

Stitt has already announced that he will sign any restriction on abortion that reaches his table, in the midst of controversy over the leaking of the draft of a ruling by the Supreme Court of the country that would revoke federal protection of this reproductive right.

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US media point out that, if approved, the new Oklahoma text would become the most restrictive anti-abortion rule in the country.

The law prohibits any abortion except when the life of the mother is in danger, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.

In addition, following the line of the controversial law against abortion approved last year in Texas, the new rule allows citizens to denounce any company or person who assists a woman in the interruption of her pregnancy.

In a statement, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre called the initiative the “most extreme effort” undertaken to date by a state to restrict the right to abortion.

In addition, he considered that the initiative is part of an offensive against the right to abortion promoted by “ultra MAGA politicians”, an acronym for “Make America Great Again” (Let’s make the US great again), the campaign slogan and Donald Trump’s presidency (2017-2021).

Oklahoma already has a law in place that, like the one in Texas, prohibits abortions from the first six weeks of pregnancy.

In addition, another rule signed by the governor in April and which will take effect this summer prohibits any interruption of pregnancy except to save the life of the mother.

Several Republican states, including Oklahoma, have also prepared “spring laws” that will come into force at the time the Supreme Court’s final ruling is known, in mid-summer.

Although the court has clarified that the draft leaked to the press is not “definitive”, everything indicates that the country’s main judicial body will rule against the famous “Roe v. Wade” judgment, which since 1973 protects the right to interrupt the pregnancy at the federal level.

If this happens, the states that wish to do so will have free rein to approve abortion vetoes in their territory.

Source: Elcomercio

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