Abortion prohibited from the moment of conception. The Republican Governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, has signed the most restrictive bill in all of the United Stateswhich allows private individuals to sue anyone who “knowingly” carries out or induces the termination of pregnancy “on a pregnant woman”.
Based on this provision, abortions are prohibited at any stage of pregnancywith the exception of medical emergencies (such as ectopic pregnancies) or cases in which the pregnancy was a consequence of rapesexual violence or incest (reported to the police).
The law defines “fertilization” as “the fusion of a spermatozoon with an oocyte”. Although the bill specifies that pregnancy begins from fertilization and not from implantation, it does not restrict the use of forms of contraception that prevent the fertilized egg from implanting in a uterus. The definition of abortion “does not understand the use, prescription, administration, purchase or sale of pills of the day after or any other type of contraception or emergency contraception ‘.
After the bill was signed, Stitt said, “I promised Oklahoma people that, as governor, I would sign every pro-life bill I had on my desk, and I’m proud to keep that promise today.” . And again: «Since life begins at the moment of conception, it is since then that we have a responsibility, as human beings, to do everything possible to protect the life of that child and his mother. That’s what I believe and that’s what most Oklahoma people believe. ‘
Elizabeth Nash, abortion rights analyst at the Guttmacher Institute, told al Guardian: “The impact of this provision will be disastrous for the people of Oklahoma. It will also have severe knock-on effects, especially for Texas patients who had gone, in large numbers, to Oklahoma, after the ban on abortion from six weeks of pregnancy went into effect in September in Texas ”.
Republican-led states are imposing very aggressive measures against termination of pregnancy. “Oklahoma and Texas are the tip of the icebergContinues Nash. “We estimate that 26 states are determined or willing to ban abortion if the right is revoked. And the supreme court is ready to overturn the Roe vs Wade ruling (of 1973, which established the right to abortion) in the coming weeks ”.
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Source: Vanity Fair
