that women should have the right to have an abortion. and that is an interesting issue because it raises the first amendment question saying that you have the right to an abortion and he has the rights to not prosecute. there are places where there so many other serious crimes that are being committed and they simply don t have the person power to prosecute them. there are other places like michigan and georgia that literally do not want to prosecute in certain counties. doctors or women getting abortions. and a hearing is set as we mentioned today. the near total ban on abortion in idaho is scheduled to begin on august 25th. tennessee human life protection act which prohibits abortion will take effect as well. and on friday oklahoma s abortion ban takes effect. as more u.s. states impose restrictions on access to abortions, more people as you
access are heating up across the u.s. most states are moving to impose strict bands on the procedure. in the hours ahead there is a hearing expected in a lawsuit of idaho near total ban on abortion set to take effect on thursday. tennessee and oklahoma are expected to enact similar laws this week. but even in states where abortion is still legal, it can be very hard to access care. in kansas voters went to the polls this month and chose to protect their abortion rights. recent data shows around 98% of counties there don t have clinics that provide abortions. were also seeing more pushback from some elected officials in those states that have imposed strict abortion laws. in florida a state prosecutor was removed by governor rhonda sanchez after he pledged to not go after people who seek or
STATE UPDATE: Oklahoma reports 1,417 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 On Friday Oklahoma reports 1,417 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths from the virus statewide. (Source: WFIE) By Tiffany Bechtel | February 12, 2021 at 2:39 PM CST - Updated February 12 at 2:39 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (TNN) - On Friday Oklahoma reports 1,417 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths from the virus statewide.
One of those deaths was reported in Harmon County. There were no additional deaths in other Southwest Oklahoma counties reported Friday.
84 of the new confirmed cases reported were in Southwest Oklahoma. Comanche County reported 49 new cases and Jackson County had 11.
Other Southwest Oklahoma counties reported 10 or less new cases. Tillman County reported zero new cases for the day.