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Martin Pengelly and agencies

Oklahoma governor signs strictest abortion ban law in US

Governor Kevin Stitt: ‘I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk.’
Governor Kevin Stitt: ‘I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk.’ Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

The Republican governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, on Wednesday night signed into law the strictest abortion ban in the US, making his state the first to in effect end all access to the procedure.

The law prohibits abortions with exceptions to save the life of a woman or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest reported to law enforcement.

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