Abortion Providers Irate Over Oklahoma ‘Bounty-Hunter’ Abortion Ban

By Bridget Early / May 19, 2022 at 7:23 PM
The Oklahoma state legislature passed a bill to ban abortion beginning at fertilization and set up a so-called bounty-hunter provision to invoke civil suits against abortion providers or anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion. The bill, if signed by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, would take effect immediately and become the most-restrictive anti-abortion measure in the country. The bill, H.B.4327, adds to a slew of other restrictions in place in Oklahoma. An April 2022 law, S.B.612, made providing or attempting...


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