Bill to Abolish Abortion Filed in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — Oklahoma State Representative Gabe Woolley filed the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act this week to completely abolish abortion in the state.

House Bill 3038, which is co-sponsored by Oklahoma State Senator Warren Hamilton, would acknowledge the sanctity of life made in the image of God and the protections that must be extended to all persons under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The legislation would establish equal protection of the laws for preborn babies, ensuring that the same criminal and civil laws protecting born persons also protect preborn persons.

“We have to start calling things what they are, and we must address them accordingly. That is how culture shifts and truth prevails,” said Representative Woolley. “Abortion is murder. It is the intentional killing of a human being who was created in the image of God, just as every other human being alive today is created in that same image. This legislation would establish this standard and understanding so that culture can shift accordingly and lives can be saved.”

Oklahoma preborn babies continue to be murdered every year by the thousands, especially as mothers order abortion pills into the state. Pro-Life regulations in Oklahoma protect women who willfully have abortions from any form of criminal or civil penalties, a loophole which would be closed by the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act.

The legislation is similar to Senate Bill 456, filed last year by Oklahoma State Senator Dusty Deevers. While the effort failed in committee, the four Republican members of the committee who voted against Senate Bill 456 were promptly censured by the Oklahoma Republican Party.

“The false narrative that babies in the womb are not human beings was created out of a lie, born of convenience and fear. We cannot continue to be driven by these beliefs any longer,” added Representative Woolley. “If this legislation passes, a new standard that aligns with truth, biology, and creation can be upheld. I truly believe the entire state of Oklahoma would receive tremendous blessings following the complete abolition of abortion.”

Christian abortion abolitionists in the state of Oklahoma have been working for more than a decade to establish equal protection of the laws for preborn babies. Their efforts to protect all humans made in the image of God has steadily advanced over the years, and by the grace of God, those efforts are continuing to shift the cultural and political landscape toward full abolition.