Oklahoma Republican Compares Banning Abortion to Fight Against Slavery
On 4/8/21 at 9:59 AM EDT
A state representative in Oklahoma has been criticised by some of his colleagues for comparing an attempt to ban abortion in the state, to the historic fight against slavery.
Representative Jim Olsen, a Republican, was speaking in favor of his bill, SB 612, which would make it a felony for doctors to perform abortions. During a committee hearing, he compared outlawing the procedure to efforts to abolish slavery in the Great Britain. This is a cause of even greater import because it deals with innocent unborn life, Olsen said. If we believe that these are really living human beings in the womb of a woman, then this is absolutely worth doing, even if it takes a long time.
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