What a time to be a woman in Oklahoma! Not only is there nothing to eat but OxyContin and sticks of salted butter, but since 2011 the state has passed 20 strict regulations cementing a wall between women and safe access to abortion. If passed, the latest bill, HB 1441, will require any woman seeking a legal abortion to get written permission from the man who came inside of her (exceptions would be permitted for girls “lucky enough” to have been raped by Uncle Molester or have their lives endangered by the pregnancy.)
As Republican Representative Justin Humphrey so eloquently explained, “I understand that [women] feel like that is their body. I feel like it is a separate—what I call them is, is you’re a host. And you know when you enter into a relationship, you’re going to be that host, and so you know, if you preknow that, then take all precautions and don’t get pregnant.”
