Oklahoma lawmakers reject giving women death penalty, abortion abolitionists vow fight isn’t over
OKLAHOMA VOICE
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a bipartisan vote killed Senate Bill 456 by Sen. Dusty Deevers. The measure would have subjected women who receive an abortion to homicide charges and penalties including life in prison and death sentences.
The bill would have also outlawed abortion-inducing drugs. It would not apply to cases where an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother or to miscarriages. “Children are being murdered in our state,” said Deevers, while seeking to advance the bill.