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Tuesday, March 5th, 2024

New Oklahoma bill could allow state to create database of women who had abortions

Author:     Carmen Forman
Source:     The Oklahoman
Publication Date:     15 February 2024 | 12:44 p.m.
 Link: New Oklahoma bill could allow state to create database of women who had abortions
Stephan:  

Throughout the United States, in both Red and Blue states,  Republican MAGAt state legislators are authoring legislation to further control women’s bodies. They seek to outlaw contraception and, as this article describes, they want to compile databases of women who have had abortions. The Republican Party has become a White supremacy Christian Taliban that wants to control women and make sure they are subordinate to men. If you are a woman and you vote for a Republican be prepared for what is coming, and don’t claim you were not warned.

Oklahoma Republican MAGAt Representative Kevin West authored a bill that would ban some forms of birth control.
Credit: Doug Hoke / The Oklahoman

A Democratic lawmaker expressed concerns Wednesday that a GOP-sponsored anti-abortion bill could create a state database of women who have undergone the procedure and ban emergency contraception.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including the Republican chair of the House Public Health Committee, expressed concerns that House Bill 3216 from Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, could ban some forms of birth control, such as IUDs.

After West vowed to change the bill’s language, HB 3216 passed the committee on a party-line vote with Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, as the lone dissenter.

Chairwoman Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, questioned whether part of the bill pertaining to contraception could ban intrauterine devices, a popular form of contraception.

“If we’re looking at preserving the life of the unborn, I think one of the ways to do that is access to birth control,” said Roe, a nurse practitioner.

West said he intends to change that part of the bill to target over-the-counter contraception that is not used under a physician’s supervision.

IUDs and most forms of birth control pills […]

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1 Comment

  1. Terri Quint on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 7:16 am

    This state is nuts! Maybe all those tornadoes have knocked out their brain power!
    Terri Quint