Oklahoma approves abortion ban and faces up to 10 years in prison

The bill comes shortly after Oklahoma became a major destination for Texas women, who have been hit by a state ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

“If allowed to take effect, (the law) will be catastrophic for both Oklahomans and Texans who continue to care for Oklahoma,” the U.S. Civil Liberties Union (AUC) executive director said in a statement. ACLU in the state, Tamya Cox-Touré.

The ACLU also considers that the law will restrict basic medical care in the state.

“Now the Oklahomans face a future where they have no place in their state to go for this basic health care,” Cox-Tour said.

Planned Parenthood, the abortion lawyer who runs two of the four abortion clinics in Oklahoma, regretted the passage of the law and announced plans to challenge the law in court.

If a judge does not prevent this, the law will come into force this summer.

In addition to Texas, Florida, Mississippi and Virginia have recently passed laws restricting access to abortion.

The U.S. Supreme Court, now dominated by conservative judges, recently ruled in favor of Roe V. Wade, thereby overturning a nearly 50-year-old decision guaranteeing the right to abortion in the country.

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