The bill, having successfully passed the Senate, will be voted on by the full House, the final step in the legislative process. If it passes the full House, as expected, according to the Associated Press, the bill would then be forwarded to Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin.
Personhood Bill in Summary
Senate Bill 1433 says Oklahoma recognizes that life begins at conception. As such, that life has the right to protection in well-being, life and health , and the natural parents have a protected interest in same. The unborn child will be recognized as being a person from the time of conception through birth.
If signed into law, it would become effective Nov. 1.
Reaction to the bill
Martha Skeeter, president of the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, is urging coalition members to come to the Capitol on Thursday at 9 a.m. to take a stand against Senate Bill 1433.
The Tulsa World reports Rep. Lisa Billy, R-District 42, sponsor of the bill in the House of Representatives, stated the bill is a "statement of purpose" that endorses "the irrefutable scientific fact that life begins at conception."
Billy assured fellow House Public Health Committee members that the bill does not interfere with any previous laws dealing with abortion, in vitro fertilization or other medical/scientific procedures that are now legal. An amendment to the bill to include Billy's assertions, suggested by Rep. Doug Cox, R-District 5, was voted down by committee members.
Another suggested amendment introduced by Jeannie McDaniel, D-District 78, was the statement that nothing in the bill would prohibit a physician from terminating a pregnancy to save the life of the mother. This amendment was also denied.
Smack dab in the middle of the baby boomer generation, L.L. Woodard is a proud resident of "The Red Man" state. With what he hopes is an everyman's view of life's concerns both in his state and throughout the nation, Woodard presents facts and opinions based on common-sense solutions.
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