Oklahoma and Iowa recently enacted laws banning the distribution of dangerous chemical abortion drugs through the mail expanding protections for women and unborn children. The two states join at least one other state, Mississippi, which enacted a similar law last month criminalizing sending the two-drug abortion pill regimen of Mifepristone and Misoprostol through the mail in the state.
Signed by Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma’s House Bill 1168 makes abortion pill trafficking a felony offense. The law applies to individuals who deliver or possess the drugs with an intent of causing an illegal abortion under the state’s near-total abortion ban. Violations of the law would be punishable by up to 10 years in prison, up to a $100,000 fine, or both. The law will take effect November 1, 2026.
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