Oklahoma Passes Bill Banning Crossing State Line
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is expected to sign into law HB 4327, an abortion ban that starts at the moment of fertilization. To date, this is the nation’s strictest abortion ban. Oklahoma lawmakers, seemingly trying to one-up themselves, have snuck language into the bill to extend the ban to the living. A provision of HB 4327 states: “Henceforth, no naturally born Oklahoman can leave Oklahoma.” GOP state Rep Wendi Stearman—sponsor of the bill—said that the provision was crucial so that they’d have people within the state to subjugate. “We couldn’t just pass a bill that further eroded peoples’ right to privacy without making them stay put,” Stearman stated, “just imagine being all alone with no one to closely monitor.” Confident the bill would become law, the Oklahoma GOP preemptively carved out funding for a 30-foot granite wall to trace the approximately 1,500 miles of Oklahoma border, cutting off access to six other states. Stearman added, “That wall is beautiful and doesn’t have but one door or gate. Next time, I’ll sponsor a bill to dome us in.”
