The bill is set to take effect as soon as it is signed by the state's Republican governor and will become the most restrictive ban in the United States.

Republican lawmaker Jim Olsen, but there can be nothing higher or more critical then the defense of innocent unborn life.

The legislation takes a page from neighbor texas.

It allows citizens to sue anyone who helps a woman terminate a pregnancy exemptions only apply in cases of medical emergency, rape or incest.

The director of the A.

C.

L.

U.

Of Oklahoma says they plan to fight back.

We still hope and we still have faith that there's a opportunity and possibility ability that are Oklahoma state Supreme Court.

That's the court where we file our cases um will um find in our favor and strike these bills down or these laws down, but we're not going to stop fighting.

And as many people who are aware of the issue and able um we want them to join the team.

After texas passed its restrictive ban last year, Oklahoma had become a kind of safety valve.

Women seeking to end a pregnancy were able to do so by crossing state lines.

After the new bill is signed into law, patients will need to travel farther.

Two states such as Kansas, new Mexico and colorado with the constitutional right to abortion hanging in the balance.

Republican led states are rushing to pass anti abortion laws, but until the U.

S.

Supreme Court overturns the 1973 roe V.

Wade, these laws can still be challenged in court.

On thursday.

One global advocacy group, the Center for reproductive Rights said it plans to do just that in Oklahoma.