It is Donald Trump's Republican party and Oklahoma did what Trump has proposed: passed a new draconian anti abortion law with real 'punishments.'
Jamil Smith: "Keep in mind, Oklahoma is doing exactly what Trump proposed doing: punishing doctors and other abortion providers."
https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/733339424491200512
"Oklahoma state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would make it a felony for doctors to provide abortions, unless a woman's life is in danger or she has had a miscarriage that needs to be removed. There are no exceptions for rape, incest, or the woman's health."
"The bill defines abortion as "unprofessional conduct" for a physician, which means that performing one could be grounds for losing your medical license. Oklahoma's existing felony abortion law punishes non-physician care providers with up to three years in prison for performing an abortion. The new law, however, would include physicians performing abortions."
"So if you're a doctor, you risk both losing your medical license and going to jail if you provide abortions. In practical terms, that means the new bill is a total ban on abortion."
"Gov. Mary Fallin hasn't said yet whether she will sign it, but there's little reason to doubt that she will. She's recently signed a number of severe abortion restrictions in Oklahoma, including a 72-hour waiting period and a total ban on the safest, most common method of second-trimester abortion."
"That second-trimester ban has been blocked by courts, since it's a pretty blatant violation of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion until a fetus is viable. But it's a signal that Fallin is willing to go to court to defend currently unconstitutional anti-abortion laws, even though the state is likely to lose and waste money in the end."
Jamil Smith: "Keep in mind, Oklahoma is doing exactly what Trump proposed doing: punishing doctors and other abortion providers."
https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/733339424491200512
"Oklahoma state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would make it a felony for doctors to provide abortions, unless a woman's life is in danger or she has had a miscarriage that needs to be removed. There are no exceptions for rape, incest, or the woman's health."
"The bill defines abortion as "unprofessional conduct" for a physician, which means that performing one could be grounds for losing your medical license. Oklahoma's existing felony abortion law punishes non-physician care providers with up to three years in prison for performing an abortion. The new law, however, would include physicians performing abortions."
"So if you're a doctor, you risk both losing your medical license and going to jail if you provide abortions. In practical terms, that means the new bill is a total ban on abortion."
"Gov. Mary Fallin hasn't said yet whether she will sign it, but there's little reason to doubt that she will. She's recently signed a number of severe abortion restrictions in Oklahoma, including a 72-hour waiting period and a total ban on the safest, most common method of second-trimester abortion."
"That second-trimester ban has been blocked by courts, since it's a pretty blatant violation of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion until a fetus is viable. But it's a signal that Fallin is willing to go to court to defend currently unconstitutional anti-abortion laws, even though the state is likely to lose and waste money in the end."
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/26/11510874/oklahoma-abortion-outlaw-felony-doctors
Yet some Berners tell us it makes no different in the world wether there is a President Hillary Clinton or a President Donald Trump.
Not if you are a woman, particularly one of modest means or of color, who needs an abortion or other contraceptive or healthcare services.
One has to be awfully privileged and deluded to believe otherwise.
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