 | Parts of this article (those related to Abortion in Oklahoma post-Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond (2023)) need to be updated. (March 2023) |
Abortion in Oklahoma is illegal[1][2] unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of a pregnant individual.
Oklahoma banned abortion in 1910[3] and it remained banned until the United States' Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade. Oklahoma became the first state in the United States to institute a ban on abortion from fertilisation post-Roe v. Wade in April 2022, two months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the case in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In March 2023, the Oklahoma Supreme Court found the Oklahoma Constitution's provisions guaranteeing due process and a right to life guaranteed a limited right to an abortion when there is reasonable certainty pregnancy threatens a pregnant individual's life.
The 2023 American Values Atlas reported that, in their most recent survey, 56% of Oklahomans said that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.[4]
- ^ "SB 918 - Bill Information". www.oklegislature.gov. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ "SB 612 - Bill Information". www.oklegislature.gov. Archived from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ Oklahoma State Legislature. "Section 21-861. Procuring an abortion". p. 254. Archived from the original on July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Abortion Views in All 50 States: Findings from PRRI's 2023 American Values Atlas | PRRI". PRRI | At the intersection of religion, values, and public life. May 2, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.