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2022-04-11 14:03:00 Access to abortion under new threat in Oklahoma and Missouri

While abortion rights advocates may score some victories in US states in the coming days, they are sounding the alarm over an Oklahoma bill that would ban almost all abortions, which is likely to be signed into law. Here are some of the moves this week in state legislatures and by state leaders that you may have missed.

Oklahoma lawmakers passed a law banning abortions in the state, except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency.

The bill is headed to Republican Governor Kevin Stitt, who has promised to sign any legislation restricting abortions that comes across his desk. Open / Comment