Oklahoma governor signs bill to criminalize most abortions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The recent wave of bills restricting abortion comes as the country awaits the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in a landmark reproductive rights case.
40% : "Senate Bill 612 is the strongest pro-life legislation in the country right now, which effectively eliminates abortion in Oklahoma," Republican State Sen. Nathan Dahm, one of the bill's authors, said in a statement.
39% : It's the latest conservative jurisdiction to enact a new restriction on abortion, as Republican-led states across the country push to limit reproductive rights.
38% : "We want to outlaw abortion in the state of Oklahoma."
36% : More recently, lawmakers in conservative states from Alabama to Idaho to Arizona have passed new restrictions on abortion.
32% : Speaking at the bill signing, Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor said officials are hopeful that the Supreme Court will give states the ability to decide whether to allow or outlaw abortion.

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