Reading this:<\/p>\n
\nThe\u00a0Oklahoma Legislature<\/a>\u00a0passed a bill Thursday that would ban nearly all abortions, the latest and most severe in a string of anti-abortion measures approved in the state in recent months.<\/p>\n
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure,\u00a0HB 4327<\/a>, which would prohibit abortions after “fertilization” with few exceptions, making it the most restrictive such law in the country. It passed the Republican-controlled House by a vote of 73-16. [NBC News<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It’s hard for me to avoid the impression that the Oklahoma legislature is trying to engage in one-upmanship. In other words, rather than incentivizing wisdom in governance, someone has said The winner will be the one who can be most extreme in casting out abortion!<\/em><\/p>\n
Which seems despicable to me.<\/p>\n
Extremism has been incentivized by the Republicans for half a century and more, and that’s what we’re getting: cartoon characters in State and Federal legislatures.<\/p>\n
Or just file this under Toxic Team Politics<\/em>, yeah?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reading this: The\u00a0Oklahoma Legislature\u00a0passed a bill Thursday that would ban nearly all abortions, the latest and most severe in a string of anti-abortion measures approved in the state in recent months. Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure,\u00a0HB 4327, which would prohibit abortions after “fertilization” with \u2026 Continue reading