In light of confirmation of a new Texas law against abortion, Sen. Nathan Dahm is hopeful similar legislation or even stronger prohibition will become law in the 2022 legislative session.

Dahm wrote two bills in the 2021 Oklahoma legislative session to end abortion that passed the State Senate but not yet in the House.

“One (Senate Bill 612) would be an outright total prohibition on abortion, other than to save the life of the mother, with a felony conviction for the doctor and large fines for the doctor as well – up to $100,000,” Dahm said in an interview on Tulsa Beacon Weekend on KCFO AM970.

SB612 passed the Senate and a House committee and is eligible to heard again in the next session February.

“That’s even a further step than what the Texas bill did,” Dahm said.

Another Dahm bill was a “heartbeat bill” that would ban abortions when a heartbeat of the unborn baby can be detected (six weeks).

“Because that bill is ‘parked’ in the House, I will be able to take the language of the Texas bill (SB8), put it in the bill in the House side,” Dahm said. “When the House passes, it would have to come back to the Senate for one more vote and then go on to the governor.”

That bill could become law within the first half of February, 2022.

“That would be a huge step forward for the pro-life movement and for protecting those unborn children here in Oklahoma,” Dahm said.

Texas Senate Bill 8 has an unusual measure to ensure the law is enforced. Residents of the state can sue clinics, doctors, nurses and even people who drive a woman to get the procedure, for at least $10,000.

Oklahomans oppose abortion and the Legislature has passed numerous laws to end or slow abortion that have been overturned by the liberal Oklahoma Supreme Court.

“Several people have asked me, ‘Is Oklahoma doing anything similar?’” Dahm said. “Can we do anything similar? Their bill is essentially a ‘heartbeat bill.’ I think over a dozen other states have passed over the years and they have been struck down by the courts in various degrees and different times.

This is unique in that it is the first heartbeat bill basically to be upheld and also the Texas bill has some civil penalties assigned to it as well.”

It sets the heartbeat at six weeks. The doctor has to try to find a heartbeat.

“And it they can find that fetal heartbeat, they are prohibited from performing the abortion, other than to save the life of the mother – there’s an exception in there for that,” Dahm said.

It is unique because the U.S. Supreme Court didn’t strike it down and it has gone into effect.

‘The Left would have you believe that Texas has turned back to the Dark Ages and things are terrible – especially the Left who don’t even live in Texas,” Dahm said. “They are not concerned about Afghanistan and women over there at all. Because the women in Afghanistan are going to be treated wonderfully because they live in this delusional world where leftists believe this type of stuff. They think Texas is now worse for women than Afghanistan.”

The “my body, my choice” crowd changed in their tune when it comes to vaccination. They think the government should have the right to force vaccination, he said. “I absolutely do support ‘my body, my choice’ – for your body,” Dahm tells people. “However that unborn child inside of you is not your body. It has totally unique human DNA. It is not your body. People don’t understand that. They miss that disconnect.”