Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes providing abortion care a felony. Medical providers that perform abortions could face up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $100,000. The bill is set to go into effect in August and follows on the heels of other restrictive abortion bans across the country, including in Texas. 

The Oklahoman quoted Center president and CEO Nancy Northup on the bill, who stated, “Oklahoma’s total abortion ban is blatantly unconstitutional and will wreak havoc on the lives of people seeking abortion care within and outside the state. With the Texas six-week ban in place, many people are traveling to Oklahoma to get care. We’ve sued the state of Oklahoma ten times in the last decade to protect abortion access and we will challenge this law as well to stop this travesty from ever taking effect.” 

Read more press coverage on Oklahoma’s near-total abortion ban: 

• Associated Press: Oklahoma governor signs bill to make abortion illegal, 04.12.2022
• Fox News: Oklahoma governor signs bill to make performing abortions illegal, 04.12.2022
• Axios: Oklahoma governor signs bill making nearly all abortions illegal, 04.12.2022
• NBC New York: Abortion Now Illegal in Oklahoma After Gov. Signs Bill, 04.12.2022
• The Oklahoman: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signs near-total abortion ban that will take effect in August, 04.12.2022
• Tulsa World: Gov. Stitt signs near-total abortion ban: ‘We want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state‘, 04.13.2022
• KFOR: Stitt signs strong anti-abortion bill into law in Oklahoma, 04.12.2022
• KTUL: ‘We plan to fight this law’: Groups respond to Oklahoma law criminalizing abortions, 04.12.2022
• Jezebel: Oklahoma Makes Abortion a Felony, Punishable By Prison, 04.12.2022
• Crooked: The War On Roe in Oklahoma, 04.13.2022
• Mic: Oklahoma just banned basically all abortions, 04.12.2022
• Contemporary OB/GYN: Performing an abortion now a felony in Oklahoma, 04.12.2022
• Scary Mommy: Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt Signed A Law That Makes Performing An Abortion Illegal, 04.12.2022
• Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Oklahoma governor signs abortion ban, 04.12.2022