(CNSNews.com) – The White House on Thursday condemned legislation approved by Oklahoma’s state legislature that would ban nearly all abortions, and Vice President Kamala Harris labeled as “outrageous” the fact that it seeks to protect unborn life from the point of fertilization.
“Just half an hour ago, in Oklahoma, the state legislature passed one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country – a ban that would outlaw abortion from the moment of fertilization,” Harris said during a virtual meeting on Thursday afternoon focused on the abortion issue.
“Now, think about that for a second: from the moment of fertilization,” she said. “It’s outrageous, and it’s just the latest in a series of extreme laws around the country.”
The bill, which received its final approval in a 73-16 House vote, prohibits abortion except in a case where the life of the mother is in danger and having an abortion “is necessary to preserve” her life, or if the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest that had been reported to authorities. …
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