Lawmakers in Oklahoma have passed a near-total ban on abortion. The bill makes performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Reproductive rights advocates say the Oklahoma bill is one of the most sweeping abortion bans because there is no exception for rape or incest and the ban starts at conception. This is Tamya Cox-Touré, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma.

Tamya Cox-Touré: “So, what we do know right now is that this bill has no exceptions and would, essentially, potentially end abortion access in Oklahoma. And what we also know is that, for so many reasons, people will have to travel to out of the state to get the care that they need. And we know this because when Texas lost its abortion access, patients traveled to Oklahoma, and providers were seeing more Texas patients than they’ve ever seen before. So this will just continue kind of that domino effect of now Texas and Oklahoma patients going to other states to get care.”