Oklahoma Continues Marching Backwards Into The 1950's With New Laws
Oklahoma continues its stampede back into the 1950's with a set of new laws designed to take away women's rights completely, keep food out of the mouths of kids and reduce tax credits for the poor. Oh, and while these terrible legislators were fighting over how to make lives of the women and poor even more miserable, a bridge collapsed in Oklahoma City over the Northwest Expressway.
Yesterday's awful law makes it a felony to perform an abortion for any reason. Rape? Incest? Nope. Nothing you can do. Doctors that perform them face losing their medical license and prison time. Wow. Wait, isn't this a violation of that silly little Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade?
The authors of the bill remind that their law, as currently written, is unconstitutional, but they believe the time is ripe to overturn Roe, a not-so-subtle play for voter intensity over the open Supreme Court appointment currently pending.
Today's newest terrible law targets the Earned Income Credit, specifically punishing those hardest hit by low income - single parents, minimum wage workers, etc.