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maddezmom

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3. agreed
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 04:42 PM
Feb 2012

and here is a female R Gov.
Anti-abortion "personhood" bill clears Oklahoma senate

OKLAHOMA CITY | Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:29am EST

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma lawmakers edged closer toward trying to outlaw abortion on Wednesday by approving "personhood" legislation that gives individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception.

The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 34-8 to pass the "Personhood Act" which defines the word person under state law to include unborn children from the moment of conception.

The measure now goes to the state House where pro-life Republicans outnumber Democrats by more than a 2-1 margin.

Oklahoma's Republican Governor Mary Fallin, who signed every anti-abortion bill sent to her last year, did not issue a reaction to the latest right-to-life measure.

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