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Oklahoma bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
NY Times ^ | May 3, 2022 | Thomas Fuller

Posted on 05/03/2022 7:05:29 PM PDT by Morgana

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma on Tuesday signed a bill prohibiting abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, the latest attempt by Republican lawmakers in the state to find legal avenues to ban abortions that will withstand judicial challenges.

The law, the Oklahoma Heartbeat Act, was modeled on the one that came into force in Texas last year, with both banning abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, and requiring enforcement from civilians rather than government officials.

It was signed one day after a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggests that Roe v. Wade will be overturned in the coming weeks.

“I want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country because I represent all four million Oklahomans who overwhelmingly want to protect the unborn,” Mr. Stitt said on Twitter.

The law, which was approved by Oklahoma’s Legislature last week, goes into effect immediately. It is distinct from a new law last month that outlaws abortion entirely except to save the life of a pregnant woman, which takes effect in late August.

Lawmakers in Oklahoma have put forward a number of anti-abortion bills in the hopes of closing off any potential loopholes.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: abortion; oklahoma; prolife
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1 posted on 05/03/2022 7:05:29 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 05/03/2022 7:11:25 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Morgana

Banning abortion ought to be a prerequisite for joining the SEC. LOL


3 posted on 05/03/2022 7:12:29 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Morgana

In their faces type winning.


4 posted on 05/03/2022 7:14:27 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Morgana

Good news.


5 posted on 05/03/2022 7:15:48 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Morgana

Praise Jesus! Praise his Holy Name!

Oh Lord in Heaven, please protect us from the blows of the Enemy as we march onward, inching closer and closer to the final victory. In the Lord’s Sweet Name we ask it.

Amen


6 posted on 05/03/2022 7:30:53 PM PDT by Vaden (CAUTION: Defending Putin=Defending Hitler=MAGA Destruction)
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To: Morgana

Good news. Personally, I used to be in the middle on abortion. For example in the event of, say a rape, or very early on such as less than 6 weeks, etc. seemed reasonable. Now that they left wants abortion all the way up to birth, even just a week before they baby is due if the mom decides to, no questions asked, it is pushed me much farther to the right on more limits.


7 posted on 05/03/2022 7:31:00 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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The Dems are past all the way to birth. Now they are talking a month or so after birth. A few years from now they will be promoting murder of 5 year olds.


8 posted on 05/03/2022 8:13:42 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Morgana

Women must realize that they make their choice in the moments before they get pregnant not after.

And men must be held responsible for the children they conceive.

If the child is put up for adoption or fostered or in a orphanage then both parents must pay until it’s 18th birthday or graduation from college.


9 posted on 05/03/2022 10:45:17 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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How does abortion at 6 weeks work? I have heard abortions are not performed until at least 12 weeks. Something about they have to wait as when the baby is sucked out, it has to be at minimum 12 weeks to make sure they got all of it. They have to be able to piece the baby back together to account for all of it.


10 posted on 05/04/2022 4:09:09 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Morgana

If they wait 8 weeks then they should be able to ban them completely.


11 posted on 05/04/2022 4:11:35 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Morgana

I thought a couple of months ago, Oklahoma banned ALL abortions.
Confused


12 posted on 05/04/2022 4:15:07 AM PDT by SisterK (recognize and resist tyranny)
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To: Morgana

Oklahoma’s been pregnant for six weeks? Get the shotgun and find that rapscallion.


13 posted on 05/04/2022 6:05:30 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (January 6, worst assault on democracy since the Reichstag Fire)
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To: Boardwalk
Something about they have to wait as when the baby is sucked out, it has to be at minimum 12 weeks to make sure they got all of it. They have to be able to piece the baby back together to account for all of it.

Think of the utter depravity of what you just wrote. I don't mean you personally, but the level to which we as a society have sunk to admit to doing such a procedure. It is an abomination.

14 posted on 05/04/2022 7:01:30 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: ecomcon

Yup.


15 posted on 05/04/2022 7:39:45 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Morgana

Makes me almost want to move to Oklahoma.


16 posted on 05/04/2022 7:52:48 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Morgana

*PRO-BABY BUMP*


17 posted on 05/04/2022 7:58:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Morgana
I've long had trouble with the amount of time of gestation regarding abortion. I no longer do.

"after fetal cardiac activity is detected" That is when I believe the "baby" becomes a human being and not a mass of growing tissue. Others will say conception or later development before a beating heart. They are welcome to their opinions.

Now that the abortionists are pushing up to the point of birth, I consider that flat out MURDER of a person. No, I don't give a shit about so-called female rights to their own body. There is another human being involved.

18 posted on 05/04/2022 10:16:03 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: Morgana

After about 6 weeks? WTF is that.


19 posted on 05/04/2022 10:21:12 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: A Navy Vet

Respectfully, as both a Biology major and a Christian minister, I am firmly in the Conception Camp:

That “mass of growing tissue” is not a tumor: a disorganized, chaotic degeneration that originates solely from the genetic blueprint of the woman, can develop spontaneously anywhere and anytime within her body, and has an indefinite - often permanent - duration within her body.

No, it is a genetically distinct organization of cells derived from the shared genetic information from a man as well as a woman, one that invariably proceeds toward a fully developed human being (whether successful or not), and one that departs from the woman’s uterus within a fairly predictable time frame. A still-born is still a still-born human being.

When was the last time a human male inseminated a human female, and the resultant “mass of growing tissue” turned into a giraffe - dead or alive, whole or deformed?


20 posted on 05/04/2022 12:08:49 PM PDT by YogicCowboy (I know what I like, and like what I know.)
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