Why so many abortion bans? (with Tamya Cox-Touré)
05/29/22 • 60 min
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The Oklahoma legislature passed four "total abortion bans" this session, but they're not all the same. We're joined by Tamya Cox-Touré, executive director of ACLU Oklahoma and co-chair of the Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice, to discuss what each of the bills does, how they conflict, and what the future of abortion may look like for Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma legislature passed four "total abortion bans" this session, but they're not all the same. We're joined by Tamya Cox-Touré, executive director of ACLU Oklahoma and co-chair of the Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice, to discuss what each of the bills does, how they conflict, and what the future of abortion may look like for Oklahoma.
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