Coverage dated May 25, 2022

Oklahoma governor signs the nation's strictest abortion ban

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Oklahoma governor signs the nation's strictest abortion ban (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Oklahoma governor signs nation's strictest abortion law, banning procedure from 'conception' (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation's strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Oklahoma GOP governor signs one of nation's strictest abortion bills into law | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Karen Smith and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a bill into law banning abortions from the stage

  4. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Oklahoma GOP governor signs one of nation's strictest abortion bills into law (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Karen Smith and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a bill into law banning abortions from the stage of “fertilization” and allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers who “knowingly” perform or induce an abortion “on a pregnant woman.

  5. WMUR

    Oklahoma governor signs bill banning abortions after moment of conception into law (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that bans abortion from the moment of conception.

  6. France 24

    Oklahoma signs into law strictest abortion ban in the US (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the strictest abortion ban in the United States, one that prohibits abortions from fertilization and allows private citizens to sue those who…

  7. Breitbart News

    Oklahoma Governor Defends Abortion Law: We Have a 'Responsibility' to Protect Life from Conception (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on Thursday defended his decision to sign the strictest abortion law in the country, making it clear that people have a "responsibility" to protect life from conception.

  8. NBC News

    Oklahoma governor signs country’s most restrictive abortion ban into law (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The law, which takes effect immediately, prohibits abortions after “fertilization, with few exceptions.

  9. RedState

    Oklahoma Now Has the Nation's 'Strictest' Abortion Law (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    “I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today."

  10. The Christian Post

    Oklahoma bans most abortions throughout entire pregnancy (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Christian Post's feed description

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a new law Wednesday that bans most abortions through all nine months of pregnancy, with the measure being enforced via litigation brought by private citizens.

  11. CBS News

    Oklahoma governor signs nation's strictest abortion ban (opens CBS News)

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    Two of Oklahoma's four abortion clinics already stopped providing abortions after the governor signed a six-week ban earlier this month​.

  12. Christian Science Monitor

    It's the law: Oklahoma prohibits all abortions, with few exceptions (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    Oklahoma has signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban prohibiting all abortions except to save the life of a pregnant woman or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest that has been reported to law enforcement.

  13. Breitbart News

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Signs Nation’s Strictest Abortion Ban (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has enabled the nation's strictest abortion laws, effectively ending availability of the procedure.

  14. The Guardian

    Oklahoma governor signs strictest abortion ban law in US (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Kevin Stitt approves legislation in effect outlawing all terminations with exceptions for rape and incest

  15. New York Times

    Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill That Bans Most Abortions (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The law prohibits abortion at the point of fertilization, and relies on civilian enforcement to sidestep Roe v. Wade.

  16. The Week

  17. Al Jazeera

    Oklahoma signs into law US’s strictest abortion legislation (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The law allows private citizens to sue abortion providers in almost all cases, a model first used in Texas.

  18. Forbes

    Here’s How Oklahoma Banned Abortion Even Before Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The state has enacted the first total abortion ban to take effect in the U.S. since 1973.

  19. Newsweek

    Oklahoma governor signs bill banning abortion at fertilization (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The state's new abortion law is the strictest in the country, which reproductive rights advocates say will have ripple effects nationally.

  20. Delaware Public Media

    Oklahoma's near-total abortion ban is the strictest in the nation (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Abortion is effectively banned in Oklahoma after Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt Wednesday signed a bill prohibiting the procedure in all but a few cases.

  21. Fox News

    Oklahoma abortion law protecting life from conception to face legal challenge from Planned Parenthood (opens Fox News)

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    Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights will sue to block Oklahoma's new law banning abortion from the moment of conception after Gov. Kevin Stitt signed it.

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