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Oklahoma Senate panel approves 4 abortion bills, rejects 1

One of the bills makes abortions illegal in Oklahoma if the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Editor's Note: The attached video is from April 2019.

An Oklahoma Senate panel has approved four anti-abortion bills and defeated another that would give a fetus equal protection under the law.  

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday approved a so-called “trigger bill" that would make abortion illegal in Oklahoma if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion.

The committee also approved a pair of bills to restrict the use of chemical abortions and one that would make it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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