Oklahoma governor ratifies one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the US

The Republican governor of the US state of Oklahoma, in the US South, announced that he has signed the third law that prohibits abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, one of the most restrictive in the United States, while the Supreme Court, where the Conservatives now have an absolute majority, it is preparing to abolish this right at the federal level.

“I represent the total of four million Oklahoma residents who want the vast majority to protect their unborn children,” Kevin Stitt said on Twitter, announcing he had signed into law the state legislature last Thursday.

The force of the legislation is immediate. For the most part, it is based on what came into force in 2021 in neighboring Texas.

On Monday night, a leak to the Supreme Court of a draft opinion of the Supreme Court revealed that the top body of American Justice is preparing to re-authorize the states to approve, or not, such interventions, almost 50 years after they were legalized. scale.

Source: Capital

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