Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt issued an executive order Friday banning the use of state and local funds in his state for any provider who performs abortions, refers for abortions, or even partners with organizations that do. The language of the order stipulates that any "physician, medical practice," or anyone "facilitating the procurement of abortion services" is subject to loss of state and local funding.

The order is clearly designed to cut off any remaining funding for Planned Parenthood clinics in the state, but will also have the effect of decimating funding for any healthcare facility that doesn't go out of its way to demonstrate that it has denied abortion access to patients.

Even simply sharing abortion resources with a patient could result in entire facilities closing because

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