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Team—
A federal district judge in Oklahoma just ruled in our case granting a temporary restraining order allowing providers to resume time-sensitive, essential abortion care. This decision comes in spite of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's declaration, by press release, that all abortion services are elective surgeries and minor medical procedures that are prohibited during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal district judge wrote in his decision that the state of Oklahoma "has acted in an 'unreasonable,' 'arbitrary,' and 'oppressive' way—and imposed an 'undue burden' on abortion access—in imposing requirements that effectively deny a right of access to abortion."
We couldn't agree more. For now, the court has stopped Governor Stitt from exploiting this devastating pandemic as a weapon in his battle to ban abortion.
Thank you for your unwavering support. We are so grateful to have you with us so we can defend abortion access in these trying times.
Onward,
Center for Reproductive Rights
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