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Kenny Stancil

UNCOVERED: Oklahoma abortion providers sue - Caught on Camera

A pro-life activist holds up a baby doll during a rally for a ban on abortion in front of the U.S. Supreme Court October 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A coalition of Oklahoma abortion providers and national reproductive justice groups filed a pair of lawsuits in state court on Thursday to block two draconian abortion bans passed this month by the GOP-controlled Legislature.

"To limit a person's freedom and autonomy is unconscionable and unconstitutional," Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood, said in a statement. "Unless these abortion bans are stopped, Oklahomans will be robbed of the freedom to control their own bodies and futures."

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