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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Oklahoma House OKs Citizen-Enforced Abortion Ban

Another state copies—and intensifies—Texas abortion law. Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday voted to totally ban abortion except in cases where the mother's life is at risk—and to put citizens in charge of enforcing the law.

The measure is a more extreme version of one passed by Texas last year to ban abortion at six weeks and let individuals sue anyone who aids someone getting an abortion after that point.

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