OKLAHOMA CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed bills into law criminalizing abortion pill trafficking and protecting prospective adoptive and foster parents whose consciences prevent them from agreeing to LGBT ideology.
House Bill 1168 makes it a felony to deliver or possess with intent to deliver an abortion-inducing drug for the purpose of causing an illegal abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, up to a $100,000 fine, or both.
Republican Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader of Piedmont, the primary House author of HB 1168, said, “This bill will save lives, not just unborn children, but mothers who have at times been coerced or deceived into taking these dangerous abortion-inducing drugs with no medical oversight or care.”
“House Bill 1168 is the most important legislation we’ve passed all session,” Republican state Sen. David Bullard said. “The abortion pill doesn’t just kill a baby. It doesn’t just decimate a mother through serious physical and mental health problems and never-ending regrets. The abortion pill wipes out generations of unborn lives. I’m proud the Senate took this significant step today to protect innocent babies, and I look forward to the governor signing this bill.”
“I’ve worked for several years to get this bill to this stage, and I’m glad to see it finally on its way to the governor,” Hader added. “I’m thankful for Senator Bullard’s passion on this matter and his tenacity to see this through. I’m thankful as well for all my House and Senate colleagues who see the importance of this measure. I pray the governor will swiftly sign this into law.”
Mail-order abortion pills make chemical abortions even in pro-life states extremely difficult to prevent. The latest data from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute found 1,125,930 clinical abortions in 2025, a slight increase from 2024, which Guttmacher attributed in large part to abortion pills. Planned Parenthood’s 2024-2025 annual report says it alone committed 434,450 abortions, a record number for the organization and eight percent more than the previous year.
Abortion pills have become key to the abortion lobby’s effort to preserve “access” in a post-Roe v. Wade environment despite the risks to the women who take them.
The new law will take effect 90 days after the current legislative session ends.
‘Right to Raise Act’
A second piece of legislation now signed into law, House Bill 3586, guarantees that Oklahomans cannot be denied the opportunity to become adoptive or foster parents because they reject LGBT ideology.
Republican Rep. Erick Harris of Edmond authored the “Right to Raise Act” to ensure that no Oklahoman is denied the opportunity to adopt or foster children simply for using biologically accurate language or for raising a child consistent with their God-given biological sex.
The measure also clarifies that such parenting decisions do not constitute child abuse or neglect.
“The Right to Raise Act reinforces that parents have the fundamental right to raise their children according to their values and beliefs,” Harris said in a State of Oklahoma House of Representatives press release. “This bill makes it clear that Oklahoma will stand with families who choose truth over ideology and will not allow them to be punished for it.”
“This measure is about protecting the fundamental rights of parents and ensuring the state does not impose ideological litmus tests on families who want to provide a loving home,” noted Republican Sen. Kristen Thompson, who authored the bill in the Senate.
“No qualified Oklahoman should be denied the opportunity to adopt or foster simply for acknowledging biological reality or raising a child in accordance with their deeply held beliefs,” Thomson said.
The Right to Raise Act will take effect Nov. 1.