“Abortion in Oklahoma”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Abortion is a major political issue in Oklahoma. 2016 was the first legislative session in over a decade that did not see an abortion restriction pass.

In 2016, Oklahoma legislators approved Senate Bill 1118, which would criminalize abortion providers and charge them with first degree murder.^[3]^[4] The felony would be punishable by up to three years imprisonment, and the doctor would lose their medical license.^[5] Critics denounce the bill as breaking federal law that permits women to seek an abortion.^[5] If enacted, opponents of the measure have promised to challenge its constitutionality in the courts.^[6] On May 20, 2016, Governor Mary Fallin vetoed the bill before it could become law, citing its wording as too vague to withstand a legal challenge.^[7]

In 2016, a law called the Humanity of the Unborn Act, which would have approved government mandated signage in public women's restrooms across the state, was revised only to require additional signage in abortion clinics. [https://www.okhouse.gov/District.aspx?District=19 State Rep. Justin Humphrey] proposed legislation that would require a pregnant woman to ask her sexual partner for permission to access abortion care. State Rep. George Faught authored legislation to ban abortion in the event of fetal genetic abnormalities, without exceptions for rape or incest. Faught defended the bill, saying, in reference to rape and incest, “God can bring beauty from ashes.” His comments drew further criticism from opponents in the Oklahoma House.^[8]

In December 2016, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital near their clinic, stating the measure "places an undue burden on a women’s access to abortion."^[9]

Oklahoma Abortion Providers

Currently, the state of Oklahoma has four abortion providing clinics: Abortion Surgery Center, South Wind Women's Center, Reproductive Services, and Planned Parenthood Great Plains.

References

1. ^{{Cite journal|last=Harper|first=Cynthia C.|last2=Henderson|first2=Jillian T.|last3=Darney|first3=Philip D.|date=2005-01-01|title=Abortion in the United States|journal=Annual Review of Public Health|volume=26|issue=1|pages=501–512|doi=10.1146/annurev.publhealth.26.021304.144351|pmid=15760299}}
2. ^Casey, 505 U.S. at 877.
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://kfor.com/2016/03/08/oklahoma-bill-proposes-abortion-providers-face-murder-charges/|title=Oklahoma bill proposes abortion providers face murder charges|date=2016-03-09|website=KFOR.com|access-date=2016-05-19}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-abortion-idUSKCN0YA2EL|title=Oklahoma bill to jail abortion doctors heads to governor|date=2016-05-19|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2016-05-20}}
5. ^¹{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/opinion/oklahomas-unabashed-attack-on-abortion.html|title=Oklahoma’s Unabashed Attack on Abortion|last=The Editorial Board|date=2016-04-25|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-05-19}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-abortion-idUSKCN0XJ29I|title=Oklahoma lawmakers approve bill to revoke licenses of abortion doctors|date=2016-04-29|agency=Reuters|access-date=2016-05-19}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://kfor.com/2016/05/20/gov-fallin-vetoes-bill-that-would-make-performing-an-abortion-a-felony/|title=Gov. Fallin vetoes bill that would make performing an abortion a felony|date=2016-05-20|website=KFOR.com|access-date=2016-05-20}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Phillips|first1=Kristine|title=h Oklahoma lawmaker defends pregnancy from rape and incest as 'beauty from ashes'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/03/25/oklahoma-lawmaker-defends-pregnancy-from-rape-and-incest-as-beauty-from-ashes/|website=The Washington Post}}
9. ^https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-abortion/oklahoma-court-strikes-down-abortion-restriction-as-unconstitutional-idUSKBN1422PJ