Oklahoma Senate Committee Rejects Bill to Charge Women With Murder After Illegal Abortion

Those who voted against SB 456 said they shared State Sen. Dusty Deevers’s desire to reduce abortions but disagreed with his method.

The state capitol of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City in May 2023. Michael Clements/The Epoch Times

A proposed law to charge women who get abortions with homicide was rejected by the Oklahoma State Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate Bill 456, the “Abolition of Abortion Act,” authored by Republican state Sen. Dusty Deevers, failed on a six-to-two vote.