Oklahoma is very progressive with women’s rights

Oklahoma is known for a lot of things…football, great barbecue, um…starting with an O…but now you can add one more thing to the list, Oklahoma: The State Where You’ll Get Publicly Outed if You Get an Abortion. I’m not sure if that’ll fit on license plates or not.

Feminists for Choice alerts us to a new Oklahoma law (yes, law, not “proposed legislation” or “some kind of sick joke”) set to go into effect Nov. 1 that would collect detailed data about each abortion performed — and post it all on a public Web site called ShameOnYouWhore.com.

Whether or not the law survives a current lawsuit, experts say, anyone tracking antiabortion legal strategy nationwide needs to keep a watchful eye on Oklahoma.

According to proponents of the law, this extensive abortion data — which will include the reason the procedure was sought — will help health officials prevent future abortions. Yeah, I can see that. Because the requirement itself would scare the crap out of me. “They’re really just trying to frighten women out of having abortions,” Keri Parks, director of external affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma, told Broadsheet.

That is pretty awful. Whether you’re pro-life or not, I think most people would have to admit that this is pretty outlandish to completely take away a woman’s rights like this. No joke here, this is just sad.

I guess I can’t judge since I have a similar list published monthly. It’s called my bank statement.

[Salon]

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