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Updated: 7:31 AM CST Jan 26, 2021 KOCO Staff An Oklahoma senator has filed a trio of anti-abortion bills for the 2021 legislative session.Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, said he has filed a trio of abortion-related measures aimed at prohibiting abortion procedures and limiting funding to Planned Parenthood in the state.According to Dahm, Senate Bill 612 would create a new law making an abortion procedure illegal in Oklahoma unless it is required to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency. A medical emergency would be defined as a condition that cannot be remedied by the delivery of the child in which an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of a pregnant woman, or a physical illness or injury including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, according to Dahm’s news release. Under the measure, a person convicted of attempting to or performing an abortion would be guilty of a felony punish
Washington D.C., Apr 9, 2019 / 03:30 pm (CNA).- The U.S. bishops have urged support for legislation to limit abortion on the same day as abortion survivor Melissa Ohden appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ohden testified before the committee Tuesday during hearings on the Pain-Capable Child Protection Act, telling senators that “abortion doesn’t spare a child from suffering, it causes suffering.”
“I have lived every day since discovering the truth about my survival at the age of 14 knowing that, sadly, children just like me are being subjected to similarly horrific, painful abortion procedures that lead to their death,” she said.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem addresses an abortion bill she will discusses in the upcoming state of the state address.
As the nation marks the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and President Trump’s term has come to an end, questions remain about how the former administration had addressed congressional concerns surrounding Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s (PPFA) fetal-tissue practices and its lack of action that ultimately prompted criticism from conservatives.
Roughly a week before Trump left office, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule that would purportedly strengthen requirements for informed consent from mothers, as well as prevent fetal-tissue trafficking in federally funded studies issues raised after HHS terminated in 2018 its contract with a tissue procurer that worked with PPFA.