Published on : 26/05/2022 – 03:24
Already banned from six weeks of pregnancy, abortion is now totally banned in Oklahoma. The governor signed this Wednesday the law adopted by the local Parliament. An entry into force which comes at a time when a new order from the Supreme Court might change the historic Roe versus Wade case law.
Oklahoma, we know you must be feeling a lot of things right now. Today, we ask that you rest. We’re here, fighting for you. We’re taking this ban to court w/ @reprorights and know that we will never stop working to defend your right to control your body. You can count on us. https://t.co/TOAEg2hdzy
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) May 26, 2022
Oklahoma, we know you must be feeling a lot of things right now. Today, we ask that you rest. We’re here, fighting for you. We’re taking this ban to court w/ @reprorights and know that we will never stop working to defend your right to control your body. You can count on us. https://t.co/TOAEg2hdzy
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) May 26, 2022
The Governor of Oklahoma signed into law on Wednesday May 25 prohibiting all abortion from fertilizationmaking this conservative bastion in the southern United States the state with the most restrictive regulations in terms of voluntary termination of pregnancy.
“I promised the people of Oklahoma that as governor I would sign any pro-life legislation that came my way, and I’m proud to have delivered on that promise today,” the Republican said. Kevin Stitt, in a statement. “In Oklahoma, we will always stand up for life,” he added.
The organization Planned Parenthood, which defends the right to abortion, had announced on this occasion that it was going to “sue Oklahoma”. “This ban, along with all the other bans this state has passed in the past month, must be stopped,” Planned Parenthood continued on Twitter.
Inspired by the SB8 law passed by Texas in September, this text, which comes into force throughout the State, opens the door to lawsuits launched by ordinary citizens once morest people suspected of having had an abortion.
The Roe versus Wade case law under threat
The definition of abortion, according to the text, however, does not include “the use, prescription, supply, or sale of morning following pills, or any type of contraception or emergency contraception”.
This law had been adopted by the Oklahoma parliament in mid-May in the context of a threat to the right to abortion by the Supreme Court which, according to a document revealed by the Politico mediaseems ready to go back, 50 years following its historic decision to protect abortion.
Even if it is supported by 61% of the population, according to recent polls, the right to abortion has been a very divisive social issue since the historic “Roe versus Wade” judgment of January 1973, which protects the rights of Americans to terminate their pregnancies.
In the event of a decision by the Supreme Court reversing this right, 26 conservative states, mostly in the center and south of the country such as Wyoming, Tennessee or South Carolina, are ready to immediately ban abortion.
With AFP
