Is Oklahoma considering a bill that would make it possible to prosecute abortion patients as murderers? - Oklahoma Watch

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Is Oklahoma considering a bill that would make it possible to prosecute abortion patients as murderers? - Oklahoma Watch

Yes. Three Oklahoma lawmakers have sponsored a bill that would allow abortion recipients in the state to be charged with murder. Senate Bill 456 seeks to modify Oklahoma’s homicide statute to stipulate that “even where the charge is murder, the provisions of this section shall apply if the victim is an unborn child and the defendant is the child’s mother.” The statute currently defines homicide as the killing of one human being — including unbor…