Comments on: Oklahoma Legislature Considers Anti-Abortion Laws

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:21:53 +0000

Understand that if the fetus or whatever you want to call it has a heart beat it is alive in the womb. It doesn't matter what you call the cell growing inside the woman, she needs to know that if the heart is beating and can be heard, it is a living human being.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:30 +0000

One problem with assigning personhood to a cell cluster–and let's be clear, a zygote is simply a fertilized egg, 1 cell–is that it puts fertilization treatment in jeopardy of criminalization. For example, a doctor will implant multiple test-tube-fertilized zygotes in the womb in hopes that 1 or 2 will implant. Often, numerous zygotes are rejected. But sometimes a number will implant. Later, doctors sometimes remove some of the implanted cells to give one the best chance of growing into a fetus. This is often necessary for couples who otherwise can't conceive. This would be criminal under this statute. You would assign the label "murderer" to the doctor and couple who just want a child.

By: Johnhain

Johnhain — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:10:52 +0000

Sorry, but a fetus isn't a living baby until it is born. It is totally dependent on the mother. Please give up the idea that every embryo must be protected at any cost, unless of course you are a fetal rights attorney and encorporated, in which case you would have almost infinite business and personal protection to boot.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:57:06 +0000

1. We are confusing cells with people. SERIOUSLY?! Did ANYONE go to biology class?! A collection of cells is NOT a baby – it has the potential to become one. It is not one. You cannot make that logical jump in ANY universe – you are an emotion-junkie, NOT a thinking person when you make claims like that.
2. I am so sick of legislators trying to control morality. These are difficult decisions for people to make. Will some of them make bad decisions? (i.e. aborting out of convenience or making meth out of decongestants) YES! But in the end, the ONLY people that get hurt by this type of inane INVASIVE legislation are the majority of people who just want to live their lives the best way they know how.
3. The legislators are just wasting time and taxpayer money to win votes. These aren't laws they need to be involved with.

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:49:53 +0000

I am not far right or left, but a baby is a baby and people who have abortions exterminate a life…that is called killing…that is called murder.

By: Ty H.

Ty H. — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:36:28 +0000

It amazes me how the vast majority of Right-to-Lifers are people not of a child-bearing age! Just like many proposed laws across the nation, this one has no real chance of passing but is being proposed simply to make headlines and cater to the far right voting bloc.

By: Mike from Edmond

Mike from Edmond — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:08:31 +0000

Again Oklahoma shows it is a very backward place to be with no signs of crawling out of the dark ages.
Oklahoma's new law-not voted on by the public, because it would never pass- by our Senate is archaic and just plain dumb for the future of Oklahoma.
Businesses will not want to move here because of it. People will not look for jobs here in Oklahoma because of this law.
Sen Brian Crain needs to be aborted from the Senate with the next vote.

By: female and scared

female and scared — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:50:49 +0000

Any Oklahoma lawmaker who backs this needs to be removed from office immediately for circumventing Federal law. Didn't they swear to uphold our Constitution?

A zigote, according to this bill, has the same protection of the woman "housing" the zigote. Any miscarriage can be construed as murder. Any doctor performing any medical procedure to help the mother could be held for endangering the fetus.

Oklahoma Medical community is against this!