Oklahoma Senate panel passes 5 anti-abortion measures
February 23, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Senate committee approved five anti-abortion bills, including one that would ban abortions 30 days after conception, before many women know they're pregnant.
All five measures were approved Monday by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on party-line votes and now head to the full Senate for consideration.
Four of the bills were written by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, a longtime abortion opponent. One of the measures calls for a statewide vote to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to clarify there is no guaranteed right to an abortion in Okla...
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