A story from Life Site News on one of my favorite Republican governors!

Excerpt:

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed the nation’s newest admitting privileges law for abortion doctors on Wednesday.

The law, which passed the state Senate 34-9 and the state House 60-8, specifies that while abortions are being performed, abortion facilities must have a physician on its premises with admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles.

The law also requires the State Board of Health to create equipment, training, and other standards for abortion clinics. Clinics must also report any injured abortion patients to the Board of Health and “appropriate licensing and regulatory boards” in writing, as well as if any “born-alive” children are injured.

For abortion clinic owners, violations of the Board of Health’s standards bear legal and financial burdens. “The operation of an unlicensed facility will be considered a felony, and any reckless violation of the measure or its standards will be considered a felony. Any violation of the measure may result in a civil penalty or a fine not to exceed $25,000,” the law states.

[…]Fallin’s administration has overseen passage of numerous pro-life laws, including two restricting the use of RU-486. Her state joins nearby Texas and Missouri in requiring the admitting privileges. Similar laws have been enacted in Kansas, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah, and have been blocked in Alabama, Mississippi, and Wisconsin while courts hear challenges. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to sign a similar law this week.

The Texas law has been particularly successful in closing abortion clinics, with at least one-third of the state’s abortion centers closing since the law was enacted.

Hard to say right now which state, Oklahoma or Texas, is doing a better job at reducing the number of abortions and protecting women who choose to abort. Every time you cut into the profits that people collect for killing babies, fewer people are going to want to do it. Republicans have been doing a good job since 2010 of really slamming out tons and tons of pro-life bills – at least in red states. It’s not surprising to me that clinics are closing in these states and the number of abortions is going down as a result. It’s not as profitable as it used to be.

Now if we could just win a presidential election and cut off the flow of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood, we’d see a lot fewer abortions.