Women's rights groups march in Tulsa for 'Bans Off Our Bodies' protest
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Several women’s rights groups marched through downtown Tulsa Saturday morning.
“If Roe falls as of August 1st, abortion will be a criminal felony in the state of Oklahoma,” said Kensey Wright, who marched in the Bans Off Our Bodies Tulsa Women’s March.
Local activists say that after the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion, that indicated a possible overruling of Roe v. Wade, they have to speak out.
“A lot of the information our there is that we are the minority and we’re not, approximately eighty percent of the people in the country support access to safe and legal abortion, we are not the minority, we are the majority,” said Wright.
But Oklahoma lawmakers say it’s the opposite and that’s why they pushed Senate Bill 612 into law, which would immediately go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against Roe v. Wade.
“We want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the county,” said Governor Kevin Stitt.
There are also concerns that reproductive care could soon be at stake.
“We’ve been working with these organizations in an effort to bring awareness and bring education about what reproductive rights and reproductive health mean and also what options are still available to women in the state of Oklahoma,” said Wright.