State Supreme Court Strikes Down ‘Extreme’ Abortion Bans

The Oklahoma State Supreme Court struck down a pair of laws Wednesday that placed restrictions on abortion, arguing that they violated the state’s constitution. Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed SB 1503 and HB 4327 in 2022 banning abortion in the state from the moment of conception up until birth, with limited exceptions, and also allowed patients to bring civil suits against doctors that continued to practice the procedure. Several pro-abortion groups filed a lawsuit to stop the bans and the state’s Supreme Court ruled in a 6 to 3...