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Key Selling Point For Oklahoma Abortion Bill: It Slams Door In Face Of Desperate Texans

Texas and Oklahoma pass draconian abortion bans. TPM Illustration/Getty Images.
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April 6, 2022 5:34 p.m.
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The Oklahoma legislature passed a bill making it illegal to perform abortions while floods of Texan women, barred from the procedure in their own state, have been crossing the border in search of services.

It’s not a coincidence.

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